Wise
I have seen some "wise" articles in the papers recently:
(Click Here) 30/04/09 : T in the Park drugs peddler escapes jail : article by Gordon Currie
Sheriff Robert McCreadie has fined a man £600 plus ordered 240 hours of community service contra imprisonment. The benefit of value and added value of Sheriff McCreadie to his community is wise indeed - covering the cost of the court action and securing some employability over the burden to the taxpayer of imprisoning someone for non-violent offence is a common public good. It would be interesting to hear from Edward Livingston (and others) what the impact of his sentence has been and the immeasurable outcome personally and on the community.
Sheriff McCready is wise - he has turned a societal burden into a societal benefit. Well done.
(Click Here) 08/05/09 Queen's Trinity Cross honour deemed unlawful by Privy Council: article by David Brown
This article relates to the Trinity Cross and the Privy Council have designated the honour is unlawful in today's society. This does not denigrate the honour nor who grants it, it brings an "honour" into the 21st Century requirements of legality. There is commonsense here as well as provision of equality to all. If litigation (public) or arbitration (private) case precedent are engaged then that is the methodology to bring the application of the rule of law up-to-date = progress: usually called "Justice", via judicial reasoning premised on "natural" law requirements [discovery of what law "ought" to be]. Statute law can become out of date and is "political" as the legislature of the day create it [and "is" the law and required to be obeyed]: unless there is a codification exercise law discovered or created can become dated and remain out of date over centuries. This story is therefore good news = progress. Well done.
Unfortunately, there is also some nonsense occurring: we are in absolute disgrace concerning the Ghurkas and politicians expenses - can a newspaper publish a list of anyone left standing who has not abused their expense claims and show us we have a measure of decency left amongst those who hold public office and supposed to be "beyond reproach".
(Click Here) 30/04/09 : T in the Park drugs peddler escapes jail : article by Gordon Currie
Sheriff Robert McCreadie has fined a man £600 plus ordered 240 hours of community service contra imprisonment. The benefit of value and added value of Sheriff McCreadie to his community is wise indeed - covering the cost of the court action and securing some employability over the burden to the taxpayer of imprisoning someone for non-violent offence is a common public good. It would be interesting to hear from Edward Livingston (and others) what the impact of his sentence has been and the immeasurable outcome personally and on the community.
Sheriff McCready is wise - he has turned a societal burden into a societal benefit. Well done.
(Click Here) 08/05/09 Queen's Trinity Cross honour deemed unlawful by Privy Council: article by David Brown
This article relates to the Trinity Cross and the Privy Council have designated the honour is unlawful in today's society. This does not denigrate the honour nor who grants it, it brings an "honour" into the 21st Century requirements of legality. There is commonsense here as well as provision of equality to all. If litigation (public) or arbitration (private) case precedent are engaged then that is the methodology to bring the application of the rule of law up-to-date = progress: usually called "Justice", via judicial reasoning premised on "natural" law requirements [discovery of what law "ought" to be]. Statute law can become out of date and is "political" as the legislature of the day create it [and "is" the law and required to be obeyed]: unless there is a codification exercise law discovered or created can become dated and remain out of date over centuries. This story is therefore good news = progress. Well done.
Unfortunately, there is also some nonsense occurring: we are in absolute disgrace concerning the Ghurkas and politicians expenses - can a newspaper publish a list of anyone left standing who has not abused their expense claims and show us we have a measure of decency left amongst those who hold public office and supposed to be "beyond reproach".
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