Posted: 05 Jul 2009, 01:08
'The' Criminal Justice Act? Which one, pray? And whose?nodubmanshouts wrote:The one after the Criminal Justice Act was enacted!What century are you living in, dude?
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'The' Criminal Justice Act? Which one, pray? And whose?nodubmanshouts wrote:The one after the Criminal Justice Act was enacted!What century are you living in, dude?
It's humour, Mr. Blast, although I do appreciate that there are those who think otherwise. Persecution of any stripe is not a good thing, but at least if you're honest about it people know where they stand. Albion never made any bones about not allowing catholics, women, or non-property owners to vote, go to university, or run for office. Not anything to be proud of, but it was the law and it was adhered to.James Blast wrote:has drink been taken Bastard, I'm sure that was meant as humour, sorry humor
It's a general descriptive attached to a plethora of specific acts, as you've found, and in common use in the UK, Eire and the US. Have to admit I wasn't paying all that much attention to UK politics in 1994 (inasmuch as I was at the time living out of a van on the road much of the time, and my concerns were a lot more...shall we say immediate?).nodubmanshouts wrote:"THE" Crimincal Justice Act, normally refers to the 1994 UK one, or specifically "The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994" to give it its correct name (or at least it did when I was in the UK).
It received a lot of criticism at the time it was going through the legal process, not least for dumbing down the right to silence and stupid-ness about making dance music illegal.
Though this has got me wondering what was in the other ones too... Wikipedia lists quite a few.