Part of the reason for my sanctions post was..

[Peppermint]

https://mcanet.mcga.gov.uk/public/news/release.a...ws_id=2176&month=4&year=2003

This story.

If you'd done this to a dog you'd be banned from owning one.

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[Violetta]

Can\'t get there

But hard cases make bad law.....

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[Twister_Ken]

Moi non plus. nm

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[Paulka]

Re: le voilà

https://mcanet.mcga.gov.uk/public/news/release.asp?mcga_news_id=2176&month=4&year=2003

;-)

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[Violetta]

Thank you

Can you just imagine the field day for the lawyers. Was this, or was it not, idiocy? What degree of idiocy? What level of sanction is indicated?

"It was not idiocy in the second degree
It was not idiocy in the third
Frankie just went and towed the kids
In a donut, so we heard....
They were her kids
But she done them wrong"

Yep. Hard cases make bad law and plenty of money for the lawyers.

How should the necessary law be drafted, I wonder?

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[Peppermint]

Re: Try this one if you like

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2944555.stm

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[Reap]

Re: Try this one if you like

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.yacht-links.net>http://www.yacht-links.net

 

[Bergman]

I don't think this really supports the argument.

These people must have been scared out of their wits. They clearly came close to drowning themselves and their children. Most unlikely that they will repeat the exercise.

I can't think of any penalty that will have a deterrent value to match that.

In almost every case the sea frightens enough sense into people without actually killing them. Very occasionally someone does lose their life. We all know that. We all know it could be us. We all choose to accept that risk, we don't have to, it's our decision. I do not see that government has a role in that process.

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