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entwisi · 27-09-2005, 09:11

Whilst I agree with her principles you must be careful of the message that you give. Whether the rise in her CT was right or wrong it was legally applied and such she is breaking the law. If we were to say don't charge anyone who steals less than £50 the shoplifters would have a field day. She i s making a stand and by doing this is raising the profile of the unfair rises. However the profile was raised by her being brought to court. Did she need to go through with it and actually go to court? As it stands it is the good old taxpayer who is paying for her to be put in prison. That money could have quite simply have gone to better use. We moan at the gov for not spending enough on teh NHS yet we seem to be condoning someone wasting it.

27-09-2005, 09:11	#4
entwisi God Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Up Bash Posts: 7,827 Blog Entries: 3 Liked: 44 times Rep Power: 4389	Re: 7 Days in Prison for £53.71 Whilst I agree with her principles you must be careful of the message that you give. Whether the rise in her CT was right or wrong it was legally applied and such she is breaking the law. If we were to say don't charge anyone who steals less than £50 the shoplifters would have a field day. She i s making a stand and by doing this is raising the profile of the unfair rises. However the profile was raised by her being brought to court. Did she need to go through with it and actually go to court? As it stands it is the good old taxpayer who is paying for her to be put in prison. That money could have quite simply have gone to better use. We moan at the gov for not spending enough on teh NHS yet we seem to be condoning someone wasting it.