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Gay Men Convicted Of Now-Abolished Sex Offences To Be Pardoned
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Ummmm, //Naomi - I don't have a problem//
Why the constant criticism then?
Lunol. //I've never understood "Posthumous" pardons.//
I understand the reasoning behind it and the good intentions, but as I said earlier, rather than absolving the accused from blame, ‘pardon’ implies that a crime has been committed and the culprit ‘forgiven’. Of course in this case, under the old law, a crime has been committed, but in light of current thinking we now understand that the law was in error and, in retrospect, that particular crime wasn’t really a 'crime' at all. Therefore why 'pardon' rather than simply 'absolve'?
Why the constant criticism then?
Lunol. //I've never understood "Posthumous" pardons.//
I understand the reasoning behind it and the good intentions, but as I said earlier, rather than absolving the accused from blame, ‘pardon’ implies that a crime has been committed and the culprit ‘forgiven’. Of course in this case, under the old law, a crime has been committed, but in light of current thinking we now understand that the law was in error and, in retrospect, that particular crime wasn’t really a 'crime' at all. Therefore why 'pardon' rather than simply 'absolve'?
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and heaven has forbidden !
the pardon WOULD have been statutory as a bill was going foo parliament
and it has just failed at the first hurdle
Gone down at the first reading
so gay pardings are about as popular in parliament as erm Brexit or something
i thought some gay mandarin has just jigged around with the royal prerogative or something.... ho hum c'est la vie .... as Oscar Wilde might have said
the pardon WOULD have been statutory as a bill was going foo parliament
and it has just failed at the first hurdle
Gone down at the first reading
so gay pardings are about as popular in parliament as erm Brexit or something
i thought some gay mandarin has just jigged around with the royal prerogative or something.... ho hum c'est la vie .... as Oscar Wilde might have said
link to qualify PP's post -
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looks like the government cynically killed it by "talking it out".
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looks like the government cynically killed it by "talking it out".
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