tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post2914028593220867958..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Guilty Before Proven Innocent In IrelandDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-35210702150200680952013-01-16T18:26:08.770+00:002013-01-16T18:26:08.770+00:00I think you will just be sent your fine in the pos...I think you will just be sent your fine in the post. If they were going to pull you over, the matter could be settled there and then.<br />No amount of testing will help you when your ticket arrives two weeks laterBucko TheMoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-22866520078121436112013-01-16T09:39:27.319+00:002013-01-16T09:39:27.319+00:00So.. does this mean we can go back to locking up r...So.. does this mean we can go back to locking up random Irish petty criminals on dodgy murder charges if we happen to come across an even number of them looking shifty in Surrey again? 'Cause I might be open to negotiation on the finer points of evidence and police fabrication of such, if it means I will never again have to listen to some c**t with a fiddle-de-dee f**king accent offering to tarmac a driveway which I don't possess..<br /><br /><br />Oh, while we're at it, any chance of locking up Bono and his chums on f**king principal the next time they set foot upon these shores? For the chiiiildren..?btsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-28433569232111020942013-01-15T19:06:05.067+00:002013-01-15T19:06:05.067+00:00Grandad has a typically dry take on things over in...Grandad has a typically dry take on things over in the Emerald Isle:<br /><br />http://headrambles.com/2013/01/12/it-started-in-the-playground/moonrakinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-21776307961451416642013-01-15T17:52:28.606+00:002013-01-15T17:52:28.606+00:00I think it would be reasonable to ask the Police t...I think it would be reasonable to ask the Police to arrange for a carbon monoxide blood test. Ecigs do do raise carbon monoxide levels. They would probably refuse and then drop the case.JonathanBagleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-36115676412058940102013-01-15T13:48:41.068+00:002013-01-15T13:48:41.068+00:00They have. They've also been given a licence t...They have. They've also been given a licence to print money if the funds run a little low.Bucko TheMoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-85070497199125819582013-01-15T12:00:27.309+00:002013-01-15T12:00:27.309+00:00Hmm...why not simply force citizens, including chi...Hmm...why not simply force citizens, including children of course, to carry identity cards?prognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-22417346203514002162013-01-15T09:44:40.780+00:002013-01-15T09:44:40.780+00:00And so dies democracy, not with a bang, rather a s...And so dies democracy, not with a bang, rather a series of pathetic whimpers.Steve Wintersgillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-55027221428806579122013-01-15T06:54:17.417+00:002013-01-15T06:54:17.417+00:00One of our Free Choice luminaries over here, Ken M...One of our Free Choice luminaries over here, Ken Moellman in Kentucky, was one of four guests on an hour-long TV show today talking about whether there should be a statewide ban down there. The two Antis of course blathered on at length all about children (despite the fact that we're talking mainly about bars and strip clubs) and just strung all the "right" sound bites together into long streams that defied answers.<br /><br />Ken's partner, a state Representative who leans Libertarian on our issue talked about how the State is getting too much power and will someday start interfering in our cars and homes. The Antis of course said, "Oh, that has NOTHING to do with the current ban. We're not talking about ANYTHING like THAT!"<br /><br />Yeah, right. Practically straight out of that BBC story from 1998:<br /><br />====<br /><br />Clive Bates, director of anti-smoking group ASH, said: "This is a scaremongering story by a tobacco industry front group.<br /><br />"No-one is seriously talking about a complete ban on smoking in pubs and restaurants.<br /><br /><br /><br />====<br /><br /><br /> :/<br />MJMMichael J. McFaddenhttp://www.facebook.com/michael.j.mcfadden1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-23382397246848776842013-01-15T05:08:23.003+00:002013-01-15T05:08:23.003+00:00Erm.... No DP.
You and your Tobacco Company Suppo...Erm.... No DP. <br />You and your Tobacco Company Supporters are way out of line. You fail to see that there is no such thing as an Irish State Elected Government. Sure, there are some sort of MPs, but it would be laughable to think that they have any power! Silly Billy! <br />OK. Since MPs do not want to be seen to have no power over the psychopaths, they accept the demands of the psychopaths. QED.<br />And I am not joking.Junicannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-9978862016765896562013-01-14T21:21:32.925+00:002013-01-14T21:21:32.925+00:00I read it that way too, but I can't bring myse...I read it that way too, but I can't bring myself to fully believe that Ireland is truly talking about abandoning any semblance of appeal or justice. No matter the semantics, the one certainty is that anyone levied a fine will be guilty and be forced to prove their innocence, with all the cost it entails. <br /><br />It also appears that the Irish government has made a deal to indemnify gardaĆ against recriminations if they bring a prosecution which is manifestly wrong, frivolous, or even malicious.<br /><br /><br /><br />They've basically been given carte blanche to circumvent hundreds of years of prudent protections against abuse of power.Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-36918418321618113872013-01-14T21:12:34.708+00:002013-01-14T21:12:34.708+00:00Yes this is a terrible state of affairs. I underst...Yes this is a terrible state of affairs. I understood it that if the copper says you were smoking then you are found guilty, not that you have to prove your innocence, you are not innocent.<br />Maybe I misunderstood but even so, the word of a copper is far from proof. Of at least should be.Bucko TheMoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-79341294032762547912013-01-14T19:39:58.280+00:002013-01-14T19:39:58.280+00:00Sorry DP but you forgot one other option! Purchase...Sorry DP but you forgot one other option! Purchase 2 plastic child dummies, dress up ad strap into back seats of car with cigarettes in mouths. Take photographs with dates & times recorded and drive round Eire taking the piss. I think the courts will soon get sick of 'the prosecuted' taking all spurious cases to the courts! <br /><br />Mention of 'Reilly the fat' here --> http://handymanphil.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/and-sheeple-just-sit-doing-nothing.htmlphilhandyman24-7noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-41666348299891784292013-01-14T19:36:39.962+00:002013-01-14T19:36:39.962+00:00Very similar to Iran with one exception: they requ...Very similar to Iran with one exception: they require two witnesses.Lounoreply@blogger.com