(01-27-2019, 07:22 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: Actually, I don't have a problem with this going into law...
Of course I understand, but such laws can be used for far-more oppressive reasons
than just marital problems. Remember, equality is the goal.
For instance, is this aimed at either a male or female?
Quote:Scaring you
Your partner might not physically assault you, but if they are doing enough
to frighten you, they are committing an offence.
Women’s Aid says this can include, but is not limited to:
*Making angry gestures Using physical size to intimidate
*Shouting you down Destroying your possessions
*Breaking things Punching walls Wielding a knife or a gun
*Threatening to kill or harm you, your children or family pets
*Threats of suicide...
Women's Aid...?
Is this law only activated by the abuser or a member of the family?
Not said.
Angry gestures...? Who decides what merits an angry gesture?
Not said.
The article states this particular law has other areas not specified and yet in the ten-or-so
news websites I checked, the identical report was there without expanding on what this
law is not limited to.
Quote:Being extremely jealous
If your partner persistently accuses you of cheating, simply for looking at
another person, then this could constitute grounds for prosecution.
Humberside Police say “extreme jealousy, including possessiveness and
ridiculous accusations of cheating” all come under the new legislation...
Of course at face-value, a raging jealous partner can be deemed dangerous, but what
if you're just extremely jealous without acting out anything in the physical world?
Going by this article, you're still committing a crime in your head and if evidence is
revealed, liable for your thinking.
And yet nobody in the whole of the mainstream media and the many local rags that
carried the report, ever commented that these new laws could be debated as an
invasion on a family's privacy.
I do appreciate violent relationships and there are laws already available to deal with
a partner's behavior, but within these laws, the responsibility shifts from the family to
Government.
In my view, these rules were built on a foundation of hatred and all the descriptive words
used within them indicate they are aimed at the male of the household or relationship.
These aren't neutral laws.
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