Post by Dave on Oct 9, 2012 17:04:35 GMT
There is an old say " a liar is worse than a thief because you can lock things away from a thief, but you can never trust a liar" its true in someways, but if someone really wants to steal from you, they will find a way to do just that.
I hate lairs and even more so those evil types who spread untruths around about you knowing full well it will cause you hurt and unnecessary pain. Why do people lie? I wish I knew the answer and I suppose it says a lot about who they really are, but even the best liars get caught out in the end. I just do my best to keep them out of my life and then it matters not if I trust them or not.
I suppose your average burglar must be a lair as well, he or she is hardly going to admit they stole from you, or tell that nice policemen where they really were on the night the crime was committed.
One of the biggest problems with all this human rights stuff, is that in some cases its only the villains who seem to have any human rights, while the poor victim gets none and often ends up on the wrong side of the law.
There has been two recent case I'm sure you all remember where someone was sent to jail for attacking a burglar.
In 1999, Norfolk farmer Tony Martin shot dead an intruder in his home. He was jailed for life for murder but appealed and had the verdict reduced to manslaughter, serving three years in jail.
In 2008, Buckinghamshire businessman Munir Hussain was jailed for 30 months after chasing and attacking with a cricket bat one of three intruders who had tied up his family. The intruder, Walid Saleem, received a lesser sentence than Hussain, who was convicted of grievous bodily harm. This was later reduced on appeal.
I personally believe we should have the right to defend our home and family from any danger that has come about because someone has broken into you home. But it has always been a bit of a grey area as far as the law is concerned, where you in your right to bash a burglar over the head with say a baseball bat? if you did were you at risk of being charge for GBH?
It always seem a bit of a joke if someone who was just trying to protect his home and family, ended up on a charge, like I have said it must be a very frightening experience finding someone in you home say in the middle of the night.
Well things are about to change and not before time, today the government has said the law is going to be changed and also said unless you use "Grossly disproportionate" force, you will not face prosecution. I suppose the big question will be just what is or could be termed as "Grossly disproportionate" force, but reading up on this today, I do feel the bar has been raised much higher and that can only be a good thing.
What will it mean? well we should all be able in most cases to give that burglar a good old bashing, but I do have a few fears about what the burglars might do to counteract the new law.
They could I suppose come all tooled up knowing there was now more of a chance the homeowner could be armed and willing to have a go. They might also decided to pick homes that only have old and frail people in them who could not put up any fight.
What are your thoughts on today's news?
I hate lairs and even more so those evil types who spread untruths around about you knowing full well it will cause you hurt and unnecessary pain. Why do people lie? I wish I knew the answer and I suppose it says a lot about who they really are, but even the best liars get caught out in the end. I just do my best to keep them out of my life and then it matters not if I trust them or not.
I suppose your average burglar must be a lair as well, he or she is hardly going to admit they stole from you, or tell that nice policemen where they really were on the night the crime was committed.
One of the biggest problems with all this human rights stuff, is that in some cases its only the villains who seem to have any human rights, while the poor victim gets none and often ends up on the wrong side of the law.
There has been two recent case I'm sure you all remember where someone was sent to jail for attacking a burglar.
In 1999, Norfolk farmer Tony Martin shot dead an intruder in his home. He was jailed for life for murder but appealed and had the verdict reduced to manslaughter, serving three years in jail.
In 2008, Buckinghamshire businessman Munir Hussain was jailed for 30 months after chasing and attacking with a cricket bat one of three intruders who had tied up his family. The intruder, Walid Saleem, received a lesser sentence than Hussain, who was convicted of grievous bodily harm. This was later reduced on appeal.
I personally believe we should have the right to defend our home and family from any danger that has come about because someone has broken into you home. But it has always been a bit of a grey area as far as the law is concerned, where you in your right to bash a burglar over the head with say a baseball bat? if you did were you at risk of being charge for GBH?
It always seem a bit of a joke if someone who was just trying to protect his home and family, ended up on a charge, like I have said it must be a very frightening experience finding someone in you home say in the middle of the night.
Well things are about to change and not before time, today the government has said the law is going to be changed and also said unless you use "Grossly disproportionate" force, you will not face prosecution. I suppose the big question will be just what is or could be termed as "Grossly disproportionate" force, but reading up on this today, I do feel the bar has been raised much higher and that can only be a good thing.
What will it mean? well we should all be able in most cases to give that burglar a good old bashing, but I do have a few fears about what the burglars might do to counteract the new law.
They could I suppose come all tooled up knowing there was now more of a chance the homeowner could be armed and willing to have a go. They might also decided to pick homes that only have old and frail people in them who could not put up any fight.
What are your thoughts on today's news?
