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It seems that forced marriage is becoming an increasing issue for gay Muslims. An interesting report from the Beeb.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8446458.stm
Whereas the Guardian reported on legalisation of gay marriage in Portugal, despite it being a Roman Catholic country.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/portugal
An in China, of all places, a gay pageant.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/10/china-gay-pageant
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Let us speak of many things, of cabbages and kings...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/10/myleene-klass-knife...
And in the UK, apparently a woman is not allowed to "brandish" a knife, lest she traumatise the young thugs who'd entered into her garden and were peering in her windows.
Shocking, simply shocking, that these nice young men are quite likely to suffer nightmares after seeing the horrifying apparition of this hulking menace to society with a (gasp!) kitchen knife in her hand.
In most states in the USA, she could have done rather more than that, with who knows what horrible impact on their psychic development and happiness...
Cheers,
Puddin'
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Cheers,
Puddin'
A tender heart is an asset to an editor: it helps us be ruthless in a tactful way.
--- The Chicago Manual of Style
See How They Run Like Pigs from a Gun
It would appear she used unnecessary force.
Apparently she should have ask them to leave in a pleasant tone of voice. If that were to fail she could escalate rapidly to a stern, "Shoo!". If still faced with trespassers, she could then threaten to read out loud to them from any number of NY Times bestsellers. Or, she simply could have told them an awkward joke, which usually causes people to walk off shaking their heads.
Whatever happened to a person's home being their castle?
Ironically, she probably also would have been arrested in Texas, for NOT USING ENOUGH FORCE.
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
Denials...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8451877.stm
The plods concerned evidently got the wrong end of the stick.
The charge of carrying an offensive weapon is found in the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 but refers only to public places, says criminal lawyer Julian Young, of Julian Young & Co Solicitors. Klass's home is her private property, so it could not be argued that she had committed an offence.
Subsequent legislation like the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and the Offensive Weapons Act 1996 have touched on the offence but the position remains the same.
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Essentially, threatening intruders is OK, but if you decide to 'assist' their exit from your property, you enter a legal minefield.
You are allowed to use "Reasonable force" to protect your property, but unfortunately the law doesn't give any indications of what consists of reasonable force (but generally speaking, hospitalising them is A Bad Ideaâ„¢). And if they're already on the retreat, leave 'em alone as legally speaking, they're no longer a threat to your property.
--Ben
As the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handers are in their right mind!
The rules in the US
Mostly, they have to be in your house, within 21 feet of you, you have to fear for your life, and you can't do it in the back. Keep that measuring tape handy. :)
Khadijah