Wednesday, 30 March 2016

Sigh... Here We Go Again

This one goes out to anybody who seeks to have me sign a petition calling for the release of Ben Batterham:  my answer is a resounding NO, I WILL NOT SIGN YOUR STONE COLD MOTHERLESS PETITION!!!!

My first reason, as anybody who follows my cyber-ranting will know, is that online change dot org petitions aggravate the living snot out of me.  They really are one of my pet peeves, right up there with 'would of', and grubs who hawk up wads of phlegm and spit them in public.

Now, I will try and explain why I refuse to sign any such damned petition calling for the Attorney General to facilitate the release of Batterham:

1.  The reason Batterham doesn't have bail is because, to my knowledge, it's not been applied for.  Okay?  If this be the case, and he applies when his case is next mentioned before the court in May, he just might get bail then.  Okay?

2.  It is - and I will type this slowly - NOT the role of the judiciary to listen to the baying public.  Any judiciary swayed by the baying public is corrupt.  Just say you found yourself in court, would you want an impartial judge/magistrate who is willing to review the facts before him or her, and apply the law accordingly and without fear or favour?  Or on the other hand, would you want some lily-livered milquetoast listening the populist political rantings of the Perpetually Outraged & Chronically Misinformed?  This is why we have separation of judiciary and parliament.

3. You are allowed to use reasonable force in your own home, as far as I am aware.  Now howsabout you all let the courts rule on what has been reasonable force et cetera et cetera et cetera?  You know, once the evidence has been gathered and any forensic examinations conducted, and all that finicky shit that helps ensure the evidence is correct.  Yeah, I know, it seems a bit logical and fair, but sometimes that's just the way you gotta go, okay?

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