tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15149698.post114018514612197496..comments2023-05-03T10:44:05.842+01:00Comments on bits: Paranoia time againMacDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02568583617919589169noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15149698.post-1140522530451801632006-02-21T11:48:00.000+00:002006-02-21T11:48:00.000+00:00They haven't slipped away - yet, apart from Right ...They haven't slipped away - yet, apart from Right to Silence, I think. But attempts have been made. What is an ID card requirement, but a requirement that you have to prove your innocence, rather than them having to prove your guilt?FBThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313430517782838697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15149698.post-1140517501264613932006-02-21T10:25:00.000+00:002006-02-21T10:25:00.000+00:00Actually now I think of it fbt when you say 'Trial...Actually now I think of it fbt when you say 'Trial by jury? Right to silence? Innocent until proven guilty? Habeas corpus' - I realise I haven't noticed them all slipping away. Have we got anything left - I cant remember - Im getting old.MacDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02568583617919589169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15149698.post-1140444711883731472006-02-20T14:11:00.000+00:002006-02-20T14:11:00.000+00:00'The exponential improvement in GCSE and A level s...'The exponential improvement in GCSE and A level scores' shows a quantum leap forward in intelligence for our British young. A genetic mutation that may one day save the world yet again.<BR/>In a recent democratic exercise they elected Chantelle their leader.<BR/>I thought Chantelle was a sort of yellow mushroom but it seems she is the new Britannia.MacDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02568583617919589169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15149698.post-1140406817319681982006-02-20T03:40:00.000+00:002006-02-20T03:40:00.000+00:00The British do seem to be remarkably supine when i...The British do seem to be remarkably supine when it comes to the giving up of their ancient hard-won rights and liberties - Trial by jury? Right to silence? Innocent until proven guilty? Habeas corpus? Perhaps they have had these protections too long to remember why they were ever important. I don't know if it is because they trust their rulers not to abuse their increasing powers. Or because - in spite of the exponential "improvement" in GCSE and A level scores - they are too ignorant to understand what is being done.FBThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313430517782838697noreply@blogger.com