Part five of Security, Human Rights and Religion. While on the subject of law making two more spring to my mind, firstly a law should be enacted to protect the dignity and respect for the police.
I was disgusted with the actions of some of the protesters during the G20 summit meeting in London. One tall man,wearing a white shirt, was shown on television for several minutes, practically in eye ball to eye ball contact with the police, arms spread out wide he appeared to be taunting them, later he did seem to have some blood stains on his shirt but it did not seem to reduce his mobility. The scene outside and inside the Bank of Scotland showed the ugly and criminal side of demonstrations that can develop.
The second law should be concerned with the actions of UK citizens while abroad, this should include being a passenger on a plane or ship. Something along the lines of: Any UK citizen who brings the UK into disrespect, while abroad, shall be guilty of an offence, max fine ??, maximum time in prison ??. This to be on top of any penalty imposed by a foreign court. Let our courts decide on how much disrespect for the UK had been generated and what the punishment should be. As I was writing the draft of this blog the thought occurred as to whether, when people are entering a foreign country, they should be required to sign an agreement to observe the laws of that country. Now that really does need thinking about, particularly if we require visitors to the UK to sign to obey our laws.
Part six of Security, Human Rights and Religion will be on religion.
Frederick W Gilling 05:02 AM Wednesday 09 September 2009
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