Kangaroo court
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Originally posted by skythewood:
hahahaha...
since you are not debating the point, but is instead insulting me, i call for a summary judgement.
no point talking to a kid
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Originally posted by seyKai:
no point talking to a kid
i agree. -
Originally posted by skythewood:
i agree.
thank u -
Originally posted by seyKai:
thank u
welcome -
Originally posted by skythewood:
welcome
please dont mention -
Originally posted by seyKai:
please dont mentionnope, i insist.
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Originally posted by skythewood:
nope, i insist.
sama sama
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Originally posted by seyKai:
sama sama
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many were haul to court for not paying their conservative charges and TC got so much reserve and can gamble away the money and not lowering the charges . is there justice?
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Originally posted by seyKai:
no point talking to a kid
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not paying conservative charge is not paying consevative charge. what would you expect, don't charge people who break the law?
the juridiary system has no control over the town council. if they break the law, bring it to this thread, discuss. if they didn't break the law, go protest somewhere if you feel unhapppy about it.
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If PAP are so white like the white uniform they like to wear, and if the judges are so impartial like what some people claming them to be why afraid of being investigated and afraid of people wearing kangeroo t-shirt?
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Originally posted by (human):
If PAP are so white like the white uniform they like to wear, and if the judges are so impartial like what some people claming them to be why afraid of being investigated and afraid of people wearing kangeroo t-shirt?
let's say i meet you on the street and call you a son of a bitch. you sue me, does that mean you are afraid of me? your mother is not a bitch what, why sue me?
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- if the judges are so impartial like what some people claming them to be why afraid of being investigated and afraid of people wearing kangeroo t-shirt?
It's not a matter of being afraid of people wearing the T-shirt, it's the fact that they were deliberately insulting the Justice and the court of law that they were in.
In this respect, i felt that the Justice did the right thing.
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hey, forgive me for being frank, but this thread seems to be going ard in circles. :P
is it really so hard for pple here to understand why a court of law would want to arrest people who deliberately insult it? what don't you guys understand abt the case??
in other countries pple can get arrested (and jailed for years) for insulting the king, insulting the national religion, etc. remember the Swiss guy who was sentenced to 10 years' jail in Thailand for spray painting the king's portrait while in a drunken stupor?
and more recently, in jan this year, 80 students who wore orange jumpsuits and black hoods outside the US Supreme Court to protest against the questioning of terror suspects in Guantanamo Bay, were (surprise, surprise) arrested.
why shld we expect the Singapore judiciary to behave any differently? are u saying tt those who insult the court of law in Singapore shld be allowed to get away with it? :/
judges are supposed to be impartial... but it doesn't mean tt they need to close one eye when pple are openly contemptuous of them...
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insult and contempt of court is 2 different thing... if u screw that person that is insult. But disputing a judgement is not.
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Originally posted by TemplarKnight:
ohhh.. court is fair when on non political case... but for political case can see lah......
Go read the report on singapore from IBA in July this year. -
Originally posted by (human):
If PAP are so white like the white uniform they like to wear, and if the judges are so impartial like what some people claming them to be why afraid of being investigated and afraid of people wearing kangeroo t-shirt?
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Originally posted by skythewood:
let's say i meet you on the street and call you a son of a bitch. you sue me, does that mean you are afraid of me? your mother is not a bitch what, why sue me?
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Originally posted by TemplarKnight:
insult and contempt of court is 2 different thing... if u screw that person that is insult. But disputing a judgement is not.
> disputing a judgementYes, that is the intention of the people who wore the shirts. But does it mean that they didn't break the law?
No matter how rigid the system here is, there is always a choice. Those guys could have disputed the judgement legally too. Like make their views heard over their personal blogs or on forums, which a lot of people ready anyway. Did they need to print and distribute kangaroo shirts outside the court?
If you google the phrase "contempt of court", you will find that the definition is quite broad, and includes things like "disrespectful behaviour in the presence of a court". And going by that, it would seem that the judgement given is a fair one.
Of course, personally, I also want a government and justice system that is more transparent... where people can openly debate a case in the papers and thru other avenues without any fear of repercussions. But that is not the reality in Singapore now, and getting arrested like this doesn't help the image of the opposition at all...
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Originally posted by skythewood:
let's say someone murder another person without any relative or friends.
who will sue him for murder?
no need to sue. the state will prosecute the offender. it has always been the case whenever criminal/penal offences have been disclosed.
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Originally posted by skythewood:
you buy the company and yoiu can criticise who ever you want, just make sure it's not defamatory in nature.
actually, you can say whatever you want. you just need to back it up... in case the other party takes offence, finds it defamatory and wants to sue you.
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They wore provocative tee-shirts. So What? Surely the judge and security could have kicked them out with a 'we'll have no more of that in my courtroom!'
What service does prosecution serve, besides the obvious oppression of dissent?
cathykitty, you surely can't compare a judge to the King of Thailand? I just threw up a little.
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Originally posted by webben:
They wore provocative tee-shirts. So What? Surely the judge and security could have kicked them out with a 'we'll have no more of that in my courtroom!'
What service does prosecution serve, besides the obvious oppression of dissent?
cathykitty, you surely can't compare a judge to the King of Thailand? I just threw up a little.
tt's because maybe u dunno enough abt thai history. ;)contrary to the propaganda u see on tv, not everyone in thailand supports the king. just that those who opposed the monarchy have been "silenced" long ago.
go read up on thai history ba. it's v interesting.
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How about wearing this t-shirt to kangaroo court?
