15-01-2011, 05:36 PM
David Guyatt Wrote:Mean rea is a central article of western justice and law.
Almost anyone can be guilty of breaking al law without even being aware that they are doing so. There are just too many old, obscure and mostly unused laws that the public couldn't possibly be expected to know existed.
The absence of mens rea clearly defines the absence of justice as it relates to the law.
We are back in the middle ages where when the Church spoke, one was guilty, and the only thing left to determine was what punishment fitted the crime --- and that very often was based on the whim of the presiding red hat.
Ah, we are almost back to the good old days of 'trial by ordeal'!!!!! Now there is justice! So, Monty Python's Spanish Inquisition skits were quite timely.....
...welcome to the PAST!
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"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass