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Originally Posted by MarkR
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Originally Posted by John Carter
Matt... ...you're not mad because of your opinion of the Fifth Amendment. You're mad because you think it's been changed/scrapped. It hasn't.
Nothing has changed. Nothing has been scrapped. Period.
Therefore, this poll is invalid.
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Nothing. In the original argument, we were
talking about the US - which still has the same Fifth Amendment today as it did in the late 18th century.
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Originally Posted by mkpdavies
In the UK, you lost the right to remain silent . Though John reckons that's only the case for incriminating yourself, not anyone else.
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I haven't discussed UK law today Matt. The discussion we were having was about US law in a thread about the US in the "International Politics" section. And there's no "reckon" about it - go and read the Fifth Amendment.
So all this UK stuff is either you straw-manning or you've truly lost sight of the fact that the US and UK are two separate countries (not hard to do, I imagine, if you've been taking any notice of the anti-Bush crowd).
In the UK you have the right to do exactly as Princess Tony and his Witch wish. Period.