No
they lost their civil liberties when they went in.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:40, 3 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

For all crimes?
What about political crimes?
(PsychoChomp, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:40, Reply)

yeah, lets give oirish terrorists the vote.

( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:41, Reply)

Well we let them sit in Parliament
they just chose not to
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:43, Reply)

Such as?

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:42, Reply)

Striking miners in the 80s
having a sit in at a vodafones protesting the taxes they pay.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:43, Reply)

oh get right to fuck chompy you terrible troll.
those are not political prisoners you fucking prick.
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:46, Reply)

They are in prison because of a political protest.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:47, Reply)

get right to fuck, do not pass fuck, do collect a big fuck off.
these pricks are not political prisoners you fucking gimp.
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:48, Reply)

You haven't convinced me that a blanket ban is moral or useful.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:50, Reply)

I couldn't really give a fuck what you think chompy.
they're not going to get the vote. they don't deserve it either.
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:51, Reply)

Yeah they will
because the only thing that makes worse headline than "prisoners get the vote" is "prisoners get awarded compensation for not being given the vote"
(PsychoChomp, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:56, Reply)

pffft, whatevrz hippy

( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:58, Reply)

Why would they ignore the EU on a point of law
but then follow the EU by paying compensation for ignoring the law?

Surely they'd just ignore that too?
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 14:10, Reply)

They would try, but they would continue to lose
and what makes a headline even worse is "Government wastes enormous amounts of public money fighting a legal case it knew it was going to lose and then ha to pay out anyway"
(Bazongaloid, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 14:12, Reply)

Might depend how many UKIP voters they want to attract back then

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 14:30, Reply)

Can you have civil responsibilities without civil liberties?
And vice versa?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:41, Reply)

That's the problem
lots of people want "rights" and "entitlements" but aren't prepared to have any "responsibilities" towards their fellow men and women.
This applies across all the social spectrum.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:46, Reply)

well "said" you "nob".

( The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:49, Reply)

Voting is both a right and a responsibility, so that argument doesn't make much sense to me.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:51, Reply)

voting isn't a right and not one extended to all of society.

( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:53, Reply)

And it's not compulsory
but that's another argument
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:56, Reply)

I think it is in Australia.
And I like the concept. Everyone can moan then because they voted.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 13:58, Reply)

I like the idea
but you'd need a "none of the above" option, and the way things are at the moment it'd probably win.
If you were imprisoned for not voting, would that make you a political prisoner?
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 14:03, Reply)

I think the non of the above catergory and the polling stations opened over two days could make it work.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 14:05, Reply)

I GET THIS JOKE!!!!!

(Bazongaloid, Wed 24 Oct 2012, 14:11, Reply)