"Dennis O'Connor" wrote in message
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Too bad you folks are so civilized... You would only have to have a mob
tar
and feather one magistrate, to put an end to such rulings... It is
terrible
to see our staunch allies in two world wars, emasculated so...

It's not the magistrates so much as the liberal judges. Anyway,
the Brits aren't doing badly in Iraq, so there's still fire there.


"Tony Cox" wrote in message
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But I'm surprised no one has mentioned Tony Martin. He
was a home owner who dispatched a low-life home invader
with his shotgun. He was convicted of murder, reduced to
manslaughter on appeal, and denied parole as he was deemed
"a danger to burglars". The public outcry is such that now
37% (BBC Radio 4 poll) think that a law to allow householders
to use any means to confront burglars is called for. So things
may well change for the better.