2007-02-21 05:51:32 · 11 answers · asked by yaboo 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
They're being eroded on both sides of the big pond because liberals want to be your mommy, and conservatives want to be your daddy.
2007-02-21 05:56:00 · answer #1 · answered by mamasquirrel 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, being quite an old person, it seems to be that people these days have a lot more "rights" especially when it comes to disrupting the lives of others. There was a time for example, when you could call the police to tell the neighbours to turn it down - now you can't even give a thug a clip round the ear if he throws a stone at you. Eroded rights? I don't think so
2007-02-22 02:53:07 · answer #2 · answered by Cream tea 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most law is a response to problems on the street, even when it is disproportionate. Part of the problem is that for whatever reason lager louts, football hooligans, foolish adolescents etc are more common here than in some other european countries. Possibly because we have a high population density which is a proven cause of social ills. To top it off UK socialists have always been notable for the amount of legislation, often questionable, they introduce. They always shrink from targeting the perpetrators directly and uncompromisingly.
2007-02-21 20:14:53 · answer #3 · answered by fred35 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, you'd have expected Labour to be more aware of and protective of our rights, but the opposite has happened. Think of the communists in the eastern bloc, Cuba and anywhere else, however, and it's not so surprising, as they were hell-bent on restricting rights and suppressing free speech.
Still, we talk far too much about rights and not enough about responsibilities. Everyone demands rights, normally the ones who are already getting more than their share, but remind the same people of their responsibilities, and they go deaf!
2007-02-21 06:18:12 · answer #4 · answered by David B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the Scots Mafia in No 10. If you are not part of the family then you have to work for a living and put up with their bull s..t ( rhymes with fit) Unless at election time you decide to put an x where it will do more good. :)
2007-02-21 07:17:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definately - this government have done nothing but, usually justified on some spurious basis or a situation they created themselves.
2007-02-21 09:09:14 · answer #6 · answered by LongJohns 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iv'e thought it for years, so has a lot of others and it doesn't matter what party runs the country
2007-02-21 07:44:34 · answer #7 · answered by cassidy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely they are because our government has never believed in its role as 'Trusted servants of the people'
2007-02-21 05:56:42 · answer #8 · answered by Birdman 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cheer up! Your rights are perfectly safe as long as you are a criminal of some kind.
2007-02-21 05:58:55 · answer #9 · answered by Elizabeth Howard 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes,taken over by undesirables
2007-02-21 05:56:07 · answer #10 · answered by david UK 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋