Freeman defence ends in six months inside

MadsL

http://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/local/man-questions-district-court-but-is-jailed-1-1940175

In handing down sentence, Judge Zaidan said he would direct Mr Sutton to get “psychiatric treatment as appropriate” while in prison.

Perhaps this might 'discourage' this Freeman bolloxology and nonsense about people thinking the rules of society do not apply to them.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Is this the same case as the guy who got arrested in the language commissioner thread when he demanded that the guard deal with him in Irish? It is, isn't it? Oh please God, say it is!

donspeekinglesh

I was thinking this story sounded familiar - it's almost three years old.
Unfortunately Freeman nonsense still abounds.

MadsL

donspeekinglesh wrote: »

I was thinking this story sounded familiar - it's almost three years old.
Unfortunately Freeman nonsense still abounds.

Weird. Just popped up in my news feed, thought it was current. Sorry - mods close/delete if you wouldn't mind.

Hardonraging

I was kinda expecting this to be Half-Life related for some reason ...

--Kaiser--

Sounds like a conspiracy theorist

Mr Benevolent

Wow, Morgan Freeman in Mountjoy? 'The Mountjoy Redemption' doesn't have the same ring though.

conorhal

MadsL wrote: »

Perhaps this might 'discourage' this Freeman bolloxology and nonsense about people thinking the rules of society do not apply to them.

I've no time for the whole Freeman bolloxology either, but six months? You can stab sombody and do less time, which says to me, you can assault sombody, but of you challenge the increasingly autocratic power of the state (just look at some of hte legislation passed to allow them to recoup property tax from those that refuse to pay), you will be banged up and possibly labeled mentally ill, that's a wee bit Soviet don't you think?

--Kaiser--

conorhal wrote: »

I've no time for the whole Freeman bolloxology either, but six months? You can stab sombody and do less time, which says to me, you can assault sombody, but of you challenge the increasingly autocratic power of the state (just look at some of hte legislation passed to allow them to recoup property tax from those that refuse to pay), you will be banged up and possibly labeled mentally ill, that's a wee bit Soviet don't you think?

Laws allowing the state to collect taxes = autocracy. LOL

Mr Benevolent

conorhal wrote: »

I've no time for the whole Freeman bolloxology either, but six months? You can stab sombody and do less time, which says to me, you can assault sombody, but of you challenge the increasingly autocratic power of the state (just look at some of hte legislation passed to allow them to recoup property tax from those that refuse to pay), you will be banged up and possibly labeled mentally ill, that's a wee bit Soviet don't you think?

Property tax is in every other EU country, we're just late to the party. Same with water charges.

conorhal

Mr Benevolent wrote: »

Property tax is in every other EU country, we're just late to the party. Same with water charges.

Lemming like rush to the precipice more like.

In other countries you get a service in exchange for these charges, here you get the privilage of bailing out the privilaged. I'd much rather that they just increeced income taxes in an honest manner rather then inventing a thousand different charges, levies and taxes. How much does it cost to adminsiter the hundreds of different taxes versus straight up honest taxation.

conorhal

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

Laws allowing the state to collect taxes = autocracy. LOL

No, invalidating my property rights and dipping into my pension or bank account without a court order or recourse to the law is autocracy, the attitude that we can't touch billionares while we can dictate how much a family in mortgage arrears can spend on food every day is autocracy, and this government grows more autocratic by the day.