Talk about not wanting to just give in!
He's obviously been beaten in the polls in Zimbabwe, and yet he hangs on to power just that little bit longer, I mean why bother? If he just leaves, they may not even exile him.
I imagine he probably doesn't want to die alone in Saudi like Amin did years after he was forced out of Uganda.
His regime has been a terrible injustice on an economy which wasn't exactly healthy before he came to power and is now almost beyond repair. Britain, credit where credit is due, have offered an aid package of £1 billion providing he is removed from power first, but to be honest this is the biggest guilt payment I've seen in ages, if they hadn't sanctioned and helped the minority white government to bully the black people for so long then they wouldn't have voted in such a controversial figure as their President.
As far as the European Union were concerned, the biggest threat Mugabe posed was to Travellers, not to the many people killed under his regime, so no action was ever taken to try and remove him from power. His open hatred of Homosexuals and his virtuoso rascist ranting was enough to warrant sanctions from America and The EU, but not his orchestration of random murders of white farmers, or at the very VERY least, his tolerance of these acts.
Let's hope he moves out of the Presidential Palace imminently, and without incidents of violence.
Monday 7 April 2008
Wednesday 27 February 2008
More Legality issues!
And here we go again, it's been a while since I was IRKED by someone or something, but today was that day again.
It turns out that in order to DISCOURAGE anti-social behaviour, we shouldn't try young people until they are 16 or 18. What? That is absolutely ridiculous, so that if a 16 year old thug goes out and mugs or beats or even rapes someone, they are left untried as a juvenile and given rehabilitation instead? Gimme a break, a 16 year old person who does something like that should be tried as an adult and locked up, they can do thier rehab in Prison like all the other delinquents. Are the government seriosuly trying to suggest that a 16 year old doesn't understand right from wrong? The beauty of court is that every case is decided on it's merits, so if some 16 year old with learning difficulties, sociopathic tendencies or whatever comes in, perhaps the "He didn't know what he was doing" card can be played, but the government are seriously suggesting that the average 14-18 year old who commits a crime doesn't know right from wrong? Do me a favour.
And we have a minister for justice who thinks the world will be a safer place when we let all these young people go back on the streets virtually un-punished? We think ASBO's will sort them out? Please, a recent poll in Glasgow suggested that ASBO's are a badge of honour now, and some young people are actively trying to get one bestowed upon them!
The youth of today need role-models and a stern hand, not poncy beaurocrats a soft judicial system, Ridiculous.
It turns out that in order to DISCOURAGE anti-social behaviour, we shouldn't try young people until they are 16 or 18. What? That is absolutely ridiculous, so that if a 16 year old thug goes out and mugs or beats or even rapes someone, they are left untried as a juvenile and given rehabilitation instead? Gimme a break, a 16 year old person who does something like that should be tried as an adult and locked up, they can do thier rehab in Prison like all the other delinquents. Are the government seriosuly trying to suggest that a 16 year old doesn't understand right from wrong? The beauty of court is that every case is decided on it's merits, so if some 16 year old with learning difficulties, sociopathic tendencies or whatever comes in, perhaps the "He didn't know what he was doing" card can be played, but the government are seriously suggesting that the average 14-18 year old who commits a crime doesn't know right from wrong? Do me a favour.
And we have a minister for justice who thinks the world will be a safer place when we let all these young people go back on the streets virtually un-punished? We think ASBO's will sort them out? Please, a recent poll in Glasgow suggested that ASBO's are a badge of honour now, and some young people are actively trying to get one bestowed upon them!
The youth of today need role-models and a stern hand, not poncy beaurocrats a soft judicial system, Ridiculous.
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