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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Because we lack the experience or knowledge to answer & resolve many issues or simply can't be bothered to deal with them, we elect MP's to do so on our behalf.
Ultimately, it will be these people who will decide what needs addressing and how to do it.
We are able to try and influence them in various ways if we wish and, of course, some MP's are better than others.
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Tell me, do you honestly think that the MPs we elect have any more experience or knowledge than the ‘my mate down the pub who thinks...’? Of course not, they will vote for whatever ‘seems’ popular at the time. And this is irrespective for the practicalities of doing it or doing further harms that the legislation probably will cause.
Let me give you an example;
Do you believe that child sexual abuse is wrong? Yes or No?
If ‘no’ then do you believe that everything should be done to minimise it? Yes or No?
Statistics suggests that the vast majority of child sexual abuse happens in their own home. Do you agree with this? Yes or No?
So would monitoring of activity inside everyone's home, reduce the incidence of CSA? Yes or No?
Logically you have to say ‘yes’ so we must install cameras in every room in every house in the country, watched 24/7 by, oh maybe we get the unemployed* to do this for a small fee and they ‘report’ anything they don’t like! Do you agree with this? Yes or No?
If ’no’ then you obviously don’t agree that ‘everything should be done....’; you are no better than a child molester yourself! You see how this works?
After all, who cares who is watching what you do, after all, if you have done nothing wrong then you have nothing to fear; no? I assume you have no curtains up at your windows?
Look Richard, I have absolutely no doubt that you are a good person, you generally want to protect vulnerable people, but sometime, well often really, the obvious ’sounds like a good idea’ solution isn’t well thought through and causes more issues than it solves.
* absolutely no disrespect to anyone who is unemployed, just struck me as a possible source of people who could be paid a little extra to spend a couple of hours each day watching what others are doing in their own home. What could possibly go wrong?