Diuretic
Permanently confused
Well that went right off track didn't it?
As jillian said, "why deflect the issue?"
Privilege protects its own. That was my point.
Now if we should continue to painfully (ouch - pun) dissect the hunting accident no worries, quite happy to do so - in another thread (being a latecomer I'm not sure if it was already done, I suspect it was).
But on this incident may I say, I'm not surprised. May I reiterate that the FOP is right in calling for an investigation. May I make the point again that privilege protects itself. And when I say "privilege" I mean it in a strictly non-partisan manner.
I believe the law should apply equally to all. I know it doesn't. This is simply another example of reality triumphing over principle.
And just in case I get slammed for picking on the US (I'm not, but I've learned the value of the pre-emptive strike) I can introduce the case of the DUI ex-Attorney General serving Judge in a state in Australia who put his BMW into someone else's car and was pissed as a parrot and....and I probably can't go on about it too much because of defamation laws but let's say he was dealt with "inappropriately" or the well-connected ex-wife who did the same thing with her BMW coming back from a liquid lunch at a flash Sydney restaurant and somehow evaded the usual procedures.
I might leave it there. I have plenty of examples to back up my argument that privilege looks after itself and that there is no one law for all. This is just another example.
As jillian said, "why deflect the issue?"
Privilege protects its own. That was my point.
Now if we should continue to painfully (ouch - pun) dissect the hunting accident no worries, quite happy to do so - in another thread (being a latecomer I'm not sure if it was already done, I suspect it was).
But on this incident may I say, I'm not surprised. May I reiterate that the FOP is right in calling for an investigation. May I make the point again that privilege protects itself. And when I say "privilege" I mean it in a strictly non-partisan manner.
I believe the law should apply equally to all. I know it doesn't. This is simply another example of reality triumphing over principle.
And just in case I get slammed for picking on the US (I'm not, but I've learned the value of the pre-emptive strike) I can introduce the case of the DUI ex-Attorney General serving Judge in a state in Australia who put his BMW into someone else's car and was pissed as a parrot and....and I probably can't go on about it too much because of defamation laws but let's say he was dealt with "inappropriately" or the well-connected ex-wife who did the same thing with her BMW coming back from a liquid lunch at a flash Sydney restaurant and somehow evaded the usual procedures.
I might leave it there. I have plenty of examples to back up my argument that privilege looks after itself and that there is no one law for all. This is just another example.