I'll get the ball rolling
I care about Criminal Justice. I want people in England and Wales to receive absolutely the best advocacy, court facilities, witness support in the world and everything that comes with it.

I want sweeping reform of prison policy, sentencing and the types of conduct that are criminal, sexual offences, drug offences and a revision of how disclosure is going to continue to work in an age where more and more crime is going to involve large amounts of computer data.

This is stuff I care about, stuff I love. I maintain that whilst not perfect our system of justice is the best in the world and I want to help keep it that way.
( WormuIus, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 15:24, 4 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

is it bad of me that I find it hard to care too much?
obviously you are in a much better position to have a direct effect on that, but similarly I could have equally strong views on engineering, but I just can't bring myself to give a shit.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 15:27, Reply)

I didn't always care about that stuff.
There are other things I care about which are a bit more controversial.
I feel quite strongly that Religion has little place in modern society beyond being a quaint tradition.
( WormuIus, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 15:29, Reply)

but these are negatives.
I think the point of my thread was to illustrate quite how much time we all spend getting angry about stuff and not enough time defending things that are worth our time.

I support our government for instance and I'm astonished at how cynical people are about it.
( WormuIus, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 15:31, Reply)

I am as well
the government has a hard job to do, particularly now, and I think that the way it panned out with the coalition is probably the best we could've hoped for.

with regard to your religion comment: I was at a wedding on saturday and I couldn't agree with you more. I strongly object to being told that our actions are worthless without God's love.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 15:33, Reply)

I think we should bring back the guillotine
But a little version that cuts off rapist and peados penises.

Female offenders... get them sewn up I suppose.

I'm putting this is a blasé mannor but I do believe in it
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 15:31, Reply)

Good on you for caring about it.
Would your penis removal apply to all sex offenders or would it be reserved for the worst ones who showed no remorse?
( WormuIus, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 15:36, Reply)

I'd say all offenders
I have a zero tolerance on it
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 15:57, Reply)

Do you not think the law should take into account mitigating factors
I think it is a good thing that the sentence for someone who rapes a child at knife point and pleads not guilty would be different to the sentence for two precocious teenagers who decide to have sex the day before their 16th birthday and plead guilty.
( WormuIus, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 16:21, Reply)

I care deeply
that TGB could be bothered to add an accent to 'blasé', but not to look up how to spell 'manner'.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 15:46, Reply)

I have a customer called Mannor
And am in work mode :(
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 15:51, Reply)

I am disppointed to admit that I completely agree with you.
When I was in my late teens it was commonplace for middle class pseudo-traveller ‘alternative’ types that I knew to moan vociferously about the English police and this country’s legal system – these were the same tossers going on about great it is in Goa (or wherever): lawless stinking crime holes run on bribery and corruption. Of course there will be instances of corruption and police brutality: the ‘Battle of the Beanfield’ was a fucking abomination, but I think I’d rather be arrested here than anywhere else – apart from perhaps The Netherlands.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 15:45, Reply)

It's always the alternative types who 'know their rights' and give no comment interviews in custody.

( WormuIus, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 16:22, Reply)

I'm all for bringing the court and it's terminology up to date
Especially with regards to computers.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 16:29, Reply)