<DIV>Right, of course, as I conceded, we live in a fascist dictatorship without rights or freedoms, and so our laws have no democratic legitimacy. <BR><BR><B><I>Bill Bartlett <billbartlett@dodo.com.au></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>The criminal laws of the US are more outrageous in some ways. In <BR>particular the draconian penalties written into criminal statutes, <BR>which are designed to coerce those accused of a crime to give up <BR>their right to a trial and thus designed to undermine the presumption <BR>of innocence.<BR><BR>It might be argued that the outright abolition of personal rights and <BR>freedoms implemented by the nazis was at least more honest and above <BR>board. At least they didn't make sickening claims that minorities <BR>enjoyed equal rights.<BR><BR>"Democracy" doesn't validate a legal framework if the framework is <BR>implemented under false pretenses.<BR><BR>Bill Bartlett<BR>Bracknell Tas<BR>___________________________________<BR>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired
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