Comments for Kick the Cat http://knucklehead.wordpress.com Watching, like The Skibbereen Eagle... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:39:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Greens turn yellow on cancer vaccine by Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » A tale of two TDs - McDaid says “not yes”, Joe Behan snuggles back up http://knucklehead.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/greens-turn-yellow-on-cancer-vaccine/#comment-866 Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » A tale of two TDs - McDaid says “not yes”, Joe Behan snuggles back up Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:39:59 +0000 http://knucklehead.wordpress.com/?p=94#comment-866 [...] Jim McDaid would not support the Government and abstained from the vote and had these strong words: “We will pass a death sentence on a certain percentage of the 12-year-old girls whose parents cannot afford the cost of it. [...] [...] Jim McDaid would not support the Government and abstained from the vote and had these strong words: “We will pass a death sentence on a certain percentage of the 12-year-old girls whose parents cannot afford the cost of it. [...]

]]> Comment on Thug has sentence increased, but not by enough by Michael Kavanagh http://knucklehead.wordpress.com/2006/04/28/thug-has-sentence-increased-but-not-by-enough/#comment-582 Michael Kavanagh Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:22:25 +0000 https://knucklehead.wordpress.com/2006/04/28/thug-has-sentence-increased-but-not-by-enough/#comment-582 Hear, Hear!! Keep it up. Hear, Hear!! Keep it up.

]]> Comment on Thug has sentence increased, but not by enough by Michael Kavanagh http://knucklehead.wordpress.com/2006/04/28/thug-has-sentence-increased-but-not-by-enough/#comment-581 Michael Kavanagh Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:21:22 +0000 https://knucklehead.wordpress.com/2006/04/28/thug-has-sentence-increased-but-not-by-enough/#comment-581 Hear, hear!! Hear, hear!!

]]> Comment on Tony Blair has gone quite mad by grumpy old man http://knucklehead.wordpress.com/2006/04/20/tony-blair-has-gone-quite-mad/#comment-479 grumpy old man Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:33:39 +0000 https://knucklehead.wordpress.com/2006/04/20/tony-blair-has-gone-quite-mad/#comment-479 Jesus save me (from your followers). gom Jesus save me (from your followers).

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]]> Comment on Liam Clancy gets it Right by mary http://knucklehead.wordpress.com/2006/03/03/liam-clancy-gets-it-right/#comment-298 mary Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:44:16 +0000 http://knucklehead.wordpress.com/2006/03/03/liam-clancy-gets-it-right/#comment-298 very information and great looking blog! mary very information and great looking blog!

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]]> Comment on Thug has sentence increased, but not by enough by Cy http://knucklehead.wordpress.com/2006/04/28/thug-has-sentence-increased-but-not-by-enough/#comment-101 Cy Tue, 20 Jun 2006 21:02:56 +0000 https://knucklehead.wordpress.com/2006/04/28/thug-has-sentence-increased-but-not-by-enough/#comment-101 The system is flawed but improving with painful slowness. Once a man could be hung for stealing a loaf of bread (often quoted and true). But with the welfare safety net in place, nobody any longer has any excuse for stealing. As for sex-crime and/or violence, only those abused as kids have any excuse; but their excuse is STILL NOT relevant because the NEED is to avoid "this scumbag walking the streets again" as you say. In his place, I would wish to be given the option of being shot. It might surprise us how many would take it. Punishment is not relevant either. ONLY the safety of potential victims is relevant. But the system is not based on such considerations. It is based on interpretation of what the inflexible law says as made by law-makers apparently without close enough reference to reality, and with a self-righteous political agenda as motivation. "I am so merciful! God will love me! What a good guy am I!" As each generation goes by, the system is supposed to slowly slowly slowly better itself. Trial and error. Recent protests (the last 30 years actually) such as yours, have led to the establishment of the Court of Criminal Appeal. This is a step of success. Never think that you are unheard. Keep on getting the message across. Just as one letter to a newspaper or politician is taken to represent a substantial number of people who think the same but did not bother to write, your voice is given more value than just one person. Keep it up. Good work! cyquick.wordpress.com The system is flawed but improving with painful slowness.

Once a man could be hung for stealing a loaf of bread (often quoted and true). But with the welfare safety net in place, nobody any longer has any excuse for stealing.

As for sex-crime and/or violence, only those abused as kids have any excuse; but their excuse is STILL NOT relevant because the NEED is to avoid “this scumbag walking the streets again” as you say.

In his place, I would wish to be given the option of being shot. It might surprise us how many would take it.

Punishment is not relevant either. ONLY the safety of potential victims is relevant. But the system is not based on such considerations.

It is based on interpretation of what the inflexible law says as made by law-makers apparently without close enough reference to reality, and with a self-righteous political agenda as motivation. “I am so merciful! God will love me! What a good guy am I!”

As each generation goes by, the system is supposed to slowly slowly slowly better itself. Trial and error. Recent protests (the last 30 years actually) such as yours, have led to the establishment of the Court of Criminal Appeal.

This is a step of success. Never think that you are unheard. Keep on getting the message across. Just as one letter to a newspaper or politician is taken to represent a substantial number of people who think the same but did not bother to write, your voice is given more value than just one person. Keep it up. Good work!

cyquick.wordpress.com

]]> Comment on Progressive Democrats admit they’ve been soft on drink driving by Jamie Zimmerman http://knucklehead.wordpress.com/2006/04/23/progressive-democrats-admit-theyve-been-soft-on-drink-driving/#comment-80 Jamie Zimmerman Wed, 31 May 2006 12:41:49 +0000 https://knucklehead.wordpress.com/2006/04/23/progressive-democrats-admit-theyve-been-soft-on-drink-driving/#comment-80 Drink driving? Drink driving?

]]> Comment on Tony Blair has gone quite mad by knucklehead http://knucklehead.wordpress.com/2006/04/20/tony-blair-has-gone-quite-mad/#comment-16 knucklehead Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:29:52 +0000 https://knucklehead.wordpress.com/2006/04/20/tony-blair-has-gone-quite-mad/#comment-16 Refusing to talk about it is not the same as ruling it out. If anything, such evasiveness is downright sinister. I used to think Blair was intelligent. Now I think he has lost touch with reality. Refusing to talk about it is not the same as ruling it out. If anything, such evasiveness is downright sinister.

I used to think Blair was intelligent. Now I think he has lost touch with reality.

]]> Comment on Tony Blair has gone quite mad by Fiona http://knucklehead.wordpress.com/2006/04/20/tony-blair-has-gone-quite-mad/#comment-15 Fiona Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:45:23 +0000 https://knucklehead.wordpress.com/2006/04/20/tony-blair-has-gone-quite-mad/#comment-15 In fairness I watched PMQs yesterday and he just said he wasn't going to talk about it because nobody was considering military action against Iran. He was very unimpressive in PMQs actually - just basically took a hump and wouldn't talk about it. In fairness I watched PMQs yesterday and he just said he wasn’t going to talk about it because nobody was considering military action against Iran. He was very unimpressive in PMQs actually – just basically took a hump and wouldn’t talk about it.

]]> Comment on Shock News: McDowell makes a good point! by knucklehead http://knucklehead.wordpress.com/2006/03/26/shock-news-mcdowell-makes-a-good-point/#comment-14 knucklehead Sun, 09 Apr 2006 09:30:20 +0000 https://knucklehead.wordpress.com/2006/03/26/shock-news-mcdowell-makes-a-good-point/#comment-14 In theory it sounds okay. But who decides what's 'soft' and what's not? Let's say you go ahead with it, but the UK doesn't. That would be a signal for every gangster in creation to set up shop here and use it as a supply base for the huge UK market. In any case, the problem would still remain with 'hard' drugs. The fact remains that people who use illegal drugs are a major factor in the organised crime wave in this country, and as such their behaviour should be treated as criminal. Whether you like it or not, it is their drug use, their cash and their stupidity that ultimately fuels the drug trade. In theory it sounds okay. But who decides what’s ’soft’ and what’s not?

Let’s say you go ahead with it, but the UK doesn’t. That would be a signal for every gangster in creation to set up shop here and use it as a supply base for the huge UK market.

In any case, the problem would still remain with ‘hard’ drugs.

The fact remains that people who use illegal drugs are a major factor in the organised crime wave in this country, and as such their behaviour should be treated as criminal. Whether you like it or not, it is their drug use, their cash and their stupidity that ultimately fuels the drug trade.

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