Sparky. If you fall within the group that meets the criteria then you get exactly the same neutrality of treatment. Justice wears a blindfold to everything outside the law including race, political belief, faith, sex, sexuality, wealth, power or rumour and we should want it to be so. As soon as the law finds a way to treat people prejudicially in comparison to others you hand over a biased system of justice which could be as easily used against you as against those you might have biased feelings about.
I would worry more if Diasi is right about partiality re proscribed organisations. I don't believe it to be true but I have not researched it. I think you would find there are cases where someone joining any proscribed organisation but not committing another crime - and there are quite a few around proscribed organisations - are treated in the same way. However, I would be interested if there is proof to the contrary.
I don't think your opinion does "count" at this stage Scrumpy other than expressing it which you have every right to do. I'm not sure why "paying" makes a difference; we all pay taxes. You, as a single citizen, cannot change the law just because you don't like what you believe it to be doing, although you could work towards parliament doing so. I do not believe parliament, unless under the control of a dictator will pass a law which is deliberately makes one group unequal under it for the reasons I have mentioned above. You could work for a new law but you would have to be aware that it would cover every citizen in the same way. It seems very likely that the Home Secretary's decision was ill advised and possibly illegal - this must be tested or we stray into some very difficult areas that could affect any one of us. She has challenged the removal of her citizenship so must be treated as a citizen until this is proved one way or the other.
Ashy the law is rarely changed in a couple of days. It is far to important to us all to do it in haste. If it is changed that change will affect us all. What law would you suggest in this case?
Reply 15 April on: Today at 12:19:37 PM