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andrewducker) wrote2011-01-20 02:23 pm
andrewducker) wrote2011-01-20 02:23 pm
A matter of law
I'm somewhat confused by the fuss over the votes for prisoners stuff that's currently in the newspapers.
The government has to do _something_, as it's been found to be in the wrong by the Europan Court of Human Rights. However, it seems unsure what, exactly, it has to do to be in the right. I know that human rights legislation is going to have some grey areas, but is there a reason why the ECHR wouldn't say "You are doing X, which is wrong, in order to be compliant you must do Y."?
The government has to do _something_, as it's been found to be in the wrong by the Europan Court of Human Rights. However, it seems unsure what, exactly, it has to do to be in the right. I know that human rights legislation is going to have some grey areas, but is there a reason why the ECHR wouldn't say "You are doing X, which is wrong, in order to be compliant you must do Y."?
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It was so weird growing up. In my parent's affluent neighborhood you never asked anyone who they voted for, because many, many of them couldn't vote.
The ones that talked about it would claim it was anti Italian racism and that they just had "one little scrape when I was just a kid" - meanwhile they supposedly "work" at an auto detailing place and yet somehow have a half million dollar home.