I have looked at this blog and can see why it is not too clear what is being ranted about if one hasn’t been following the same news stories. The stories which initiated the rant were the stories, in all forms of media, which related to the release of the convicted murderer of Dr Chan ( a Mr Lim ) some years back and the reaction to this release on parole, and then the other story indicating a similar interference from the government, was the hounding of the paedofile, Dennis Ferguson.
My rant was a consequence of coming to the conclusion that present day politicians would override any legitimate legislation to suit their political aims without regard to justice or the rule of law. It also seemed that there is no sound constitution or bill of rights setting limits to the extent to which the government of the day can over ride existing legislation to obtain its own political aims
It was and is my conclusion, that because the law makers are the politicians, and because the politicians have to go to the people to be re-elected and because the politicians have no set restrictions on their legislation, then they will enact the laws that are politically most expedient at any one time without regard for the long term consequences of any such legislation. This enables any rabble rousing tabloid paper to put pressure on the government of the day to make a headline without regard to the consequences of issuing such rubbish.
It was my conclusion that to obtain really safe legislation, free of political exploitation, it is essential that we have a genuine overhaul of the existing constitution and add to it a bill of rights. Unfortunately, I haven’t kept a record of the press releases referred to but I trust that this addition will somewhat clarify my earlier rant.
Hi John,
Based on my observations and experience, I would say that there is the law, and there is justice, and the two have nothing to do with each other.
If there was justice, Alan Bond would rot for the rest of his life in a dungeon after robbing his companies (meaning the thousands of people who invested in his companies) for his own extravagant personal benefit. That would be justice. What the law gave him was a couple of years in minimum security, he got to keep all the stolen goods, and he’s now living in luxury, unlike the people he ruined. Similarly with Christopher Skase, and all the other fancy-dancers who ran ENRON, Worldcom, and apparently every bank in the world. Those mongrels continue to live high on the hog, taking their obscene salaries and bonuses while the send the world to hell.
Don’t get me started! Oh…I think I’ve started…:-)
Cheers
Geoff