Are The Feminists Turning British Justice Against Men?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-3777053/The-feminists-turning-British-justice-against-men-writes-LAURA-PERRINS.html

/// In practice, the CPS — and much of the rest of the political establishment — now gives the impression that offences against women are treated with more robustness than those against men. ///

And we have all seen cases where women have been given much more lenient sentences than men.

[jackthehat]

No.

[jim360]

What jth said.

[Fitzer]

I'd be slightly worried if she were to represent me, in her first paragraph
'Its guiding spirit should be the famous, blindfolded figure of Justice that stands on top the Old Bailey, reflecting the ideal that we’re all equal before the law.'
Her lack of rigour in checking the facts of her arguments is alarming.

In case you aren't aware, the figure atop the Bailey is NOT blindfolded :-)

[sp1814]

No.

This article is remarkably woolly headed.

When rape is discussed, we need to look beyond the difficult area of 'date rape' and instead ask why so few rapes are actually reported, and of those that are - why so few actually go to trial. The tone of this article ignores this.

By the way - the scenario she paints (very drunk woman wakes up in bed with a man) needs clarity.

She asks whether crimes which affect men are treated with the same vigour as those which predominantly affect women such as GBH.

Well yes, of course they are. That is a ferociously dumb question.

And the question as to whether the same efforts are put into solving burglaries as there are to tweeters...well, as soon as burglars start leaving calling cards with their IDs on them they will. On Twitter, you have to register with your email address. It makes prosecution a doddle.

Burglars do not do this.

If a chap is on a stag do, gets blotto and realises the next day that he's been raped, I bet he'd get way more sympathy than a woman in the same situation.

Perrins is a shill.

[sp1814]

The second to last paragraph should have appeared after the word 'clarity'.

[-Talbot-]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/HK_Central_Statue_Square_Legislative_Council_Building_n_Themis_s.jpg/330px-HK_Central_Statue_Square_Legislative_Council_Building_n_Themis_s.jpg

[Old_Geezer]

If they are trying that they are decades too late.

[-Talbot-]

For example, atop the Old Bailey courthouse in London, a statue of Lady Justice stands without a blindfold;[6] the courthouse brochures explain that this is because Lady Justice was originally not blindfolded, and because her "maidenly form" is supposed to guarantee her impartiality which renders the blindfold redundant

wiki.

[anotheoldgit]

jim360

/// What jth said. ///

You would have saved energy if you had just put No.

[jim360]

That is true. But then I'd already wasted enough energy reading a misjudged rant in the first place, so typing a few extra characters didn't seem to add much.

On a separate topic, did you sort your Google Earth problem?

[agchristie]

Even if cases were 'treated with more robustness' surely a case outcome is dependent on the quality of the evidence,cross-examination and interpretation of the jury?

Quantity isn't a substitute for quality.

[anotheoldgit]

/// and because her "maidenly form" is supposed to guarantee her impartiality which renders the blindfold redundant ///

That just about proves the point.

[mikey4444]

And its a NO from me as well....usual DM drivel.

[THEMOTLEY1]

The Lady atop the Bailey does not appear to have a blindfold
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Justice_%286266059533%29.jpg/440px-Justice_%286266059533%29.jpg

[-Talbot-]

I posted a wiki kink at 10:10 Motley.

Ps is your avatar the EU and Union flag or is it my phone
?

[THEMOTLEY1]

Talbot, I don't know, what's your 'phone number?

[-Talbot-]

I thought when looking on my phone you were sporting the exact same avatar as allen.