Speeding and Prostiution

[bros400]

So the goverment desided to make prostituion leagal because it happens any way..... But they havent made speeding Leagal because it happens any way????



Or is it that by makeing prostitution leagal they colect more revinuew from taxing! and by keeping speeding illegal they make money from the speeding tickits......... . so its all about the money???


*i personaly think having a speed limit is important, but there is situwations that rasing it would be good*

Daniel

[750Y]

Speeding and Prostitution??
nothing better than snorting a few lines of goey & heading down the knock shop.

[Hitcher]

Some simplistic conspiracy theories at play here.

Prostitution is legal because society is prepared to tolerate it -- after all it is hard to criminalise something that has no victim -- as long as people don't get their faces rubbed in it.

Speeding is about road safety. It is a crime that can have victims and dire consequences. Society demands that something is done to address this.

Without wanting to get the "tight sphincter" brigade from the religious ravings thread into a foam, the same argument advanced above for prostitution also applies to homosexuality.

[Hitcher]

Speeding and Prostitution??
nothing better than snorting a few lines of goey & heading down the knock shop.

"Goey"?? Is that anything like viagra??

[Deano]

They also considered lowering the age of consent, because so many little shaggers were doing it anyway.

But that argument has also come up with cannabis smoking, yet its still illegal.

Sort of ties in with similar debates in here about consistency in law, and whether a conviction and penalty are a deterrant.

And the cop recently done for 118kmh - "do as I say, not as I do".

JIm2 is right - the justice system is not entirely just is it ?

[vifferman]

They also considered lowering the age of consent, because so many little shaggers were doing it anyway.

Unlikely to go ahead, especially given the effect lowering the drinking age has had.

JIm2 is right - the justice system is not entirely just is it ?

Well, that would be because it's not a justice system - it's a legal system.
It's not about being just - it's about upholding the law.

[James Deuce]

They also considered lowering the age of consent, because so many little shaggers were doing it anyway.

Not quite - that whole thing was managed really badly by the media in general. What they were doing was making sure that consenting participants below the legal age, with no more than a 2 year age gap, and between the ages of 12 and 16 didn't end up with a criminal record if caught. They'd be in deep schtum, but not deep legal schtum.

[750Y]

"Goey"?? Is that anything like viagra??

only if you're a dick-head. 8-)

[Deano]

Well, that would be because it's not a justice system - it's a legal system.
It's not about being just - it's about upholding the law.

I disagree entirely with this.

Court system comes under the Ministry of LEGAL ?:spudwhat: ?

[Jackrat]

I disagree entirely with this.

Court system comes under the Ministry of LEGAL ?:spudwhat: ?

Come on man it's a word play.Ministry of fudge would work just as well.
When I did my PI Training in OZ we had a lecture from a judge,He told us in no uncertain terms that he would let a proven murderer walk if the paper work wasn't up to scratch.It is about up holding the law,not about justice,he admitted that as well and had no problem with at all.
Fire stormer has that much right.

[vifferman]

Fire stormer has that much right.

Am I being damned with faint praise?

[Ms Piggy]

I disagree entirely with this.

Court system comes under the Ministry of LEGAL ?:spudwhat: ?

What the Justice system is supposed to do and what is does are 2 conflicting things I think.
Partly b/c the people within the "system" are human and partly b/c they're mostly white middle class, middle aged men! I'm talking about the judiciary here, the guys that interpret the law.

[riffer]

they're mostly white middle class, middle aged men!

Not in family court they aren't CSL...

[Hitcher]

They also considered lowering the age of consent, because so many little shaggers were doing it anyway.

No, that's not quite right. Under the current law, if you are 15 and your girlfriend is 14, you are able to root each other senseless until you turn 16. At this juncture you then have to cease and desist from senselessly shagging the aforementioned object of your desire, until such stage as she turns 16. Do not pass "Go", go directly to jail.

[James Deuce]

What the Justice system is supposed to do and what is does are 2 conflicting things I think.
Partly b/c the people within the "system" are human and partly b/c they're mostly white middle class, middle aged men! I'm talking about the judiciary here, the guys that interpret the law.

They won't be mostly male in 10 years time. I don't think you will find very many middle class judges either. They have, or came from, more money than that. The judges in any western judiciary reflect various eras in the Law school education system, and we are about to see the judiciary taken over by women over the next 10-30 years. Don't believe me? Have a look at how many female law graduates there are now.