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For me, the rule of law must trump all - the moment we sidestep that, it's the moment an already unfair (for the common man at least) legal system instantly becomes unacceptably weighted towards the state, bad policing and loss of the "justice" from the justice system.

In your situation, the judge would almost certainly be expected to throw out the evidence. I'd almost always prefer one guilty person go free than set a precedent that allows dodgy evidence and corrupt practices to convict innocent people. Plus - if the police /really/ know he's guilty, he'll be watched, and probably caught again.

What you're saying pretty much already exists in the UK, to a certain extent.

Automatic speed cameras that trigger sending a penalty notice, with details on how to pay the fine, and how to appeal the charge.

I think this was my favorite quote of the entire campaign - definitely the one that made me despair for both the political and common classes

Are you really trying to say that all academies are corrupt? I fail to see how not being controlled by a LEA means that you are straight away in the hands of corrupt big business/the man/the illuminati/whoever you think these corrupt people are.

For me, the downside of populism is that the political insiders and wealthy elite just so happen to be the people who actually understand how economies and governments and international agreements work.

The common man may think he knows everything, but he really doesn't.

> 2) Regulations always get more strict over time. Eventually everything will be banned (knife, pepper spray...). In UK it is illegal to carry a screw driver on street.

Not completely true. It's not illegal to be carrying a screwdriver/fixed blade knife/other dangerous implement in public if you have a valid reason for it. We are not going to arrest an electrician walking down the street, but we will question the guy in a hooded tracksuit loitering outside the bookmakers with a screwdriver

I think the argument that is made is that it's stopping phones becoming thinner - which looking at the size of the jack on my Nexus 5X, I can believe.

However, personally, I'll live with a thicker phone if it means I can have a larger capacity battery, let alone a 3.5mm jack

Yeah, seems to be the general French modus operandi

Those stats made quite interesting reading - what I felt is missing is the reason /why/ there is such a high multiple-card ownership rate?

I personally have a single debit card, and a single credit card, as do most people I know - is the culture in the US really so different that people need so many cards?

I've visited the US, but do not live there - I never felt properly safe when I was just swiping my card and signing to pay for things. I don't even know if the fraud protection would apply to my European chip and pin card if I paid for things that way.

Are there any Americans here who are able to explain why the US is so backwards when compared to European countries?

Visa and Mastercard and the banks all offer Chip and Pin services here in the UK, and have done for years.

I can understand the delay in adopting chip cards, with the ridiculously large number of terminals and cards that would have to be replaced - but I really don't see why when you're performing the migration to cards with a chip, you wouldn't implement PIN at the same time

Agreed - definitely doesn't help makes the situation any clearer

The Alaska/hunting point is a good one - I fully agree here. I think what a lot of people disagree with is the laws allowing possession of an AR-15 assault rifle and it's kin

Belgium tried to uphold its neutrality in WWI - Germany invaded and ransacked the country anyway.

I definitely feel that played a part in allowing Germany in WW2

Believe it or not, some under 18s actually have their own money and can buy their own tickets.

I enjoyed this - my enjoyment was doubled when I looked at the URL

Yeah - my jaw hit the floor, followed by me rereading the paragraph to see if I'd missed some satire here

Elon Musk hates them!

IANAL, but yes - from wikipedia trademark page

"The law in most jurisdictions also allows the owner of a registered trademark to prevent unauthorized use of the mark in relation to products or services which are identical or "colourfully" similar to the "registered" products or services, and in certain cases, prevent use in relation to entirely dissimilar products or services. The test is always whether a consumer of the goods or services will be confused as to the identity of the source or origin"

To me, a consumer could definitely be confused by a name like that

To be picky, it's valve's management model, their business model is just to be a marketplace/hat vendor, allowing transactions on other people's work.

I'm long past the point of viewing them as a company selling software.

This. You only have to take a look at what the internet did to Microsoft's learning chatbot to see why humans are a good idea.

> He comes across as he's trying to avoid the issue by playing with words

Sounds like standard courtroom behavior to me

£30

I'm not enough of a fool to think that the BBC scrapping all these "inefficiencies" will cause the license fee to be reduced...or even stay the same

> The BBC does not exist to provide generic content that pleases the masses

The BBC produces Eastenders. I can't think of a better example of generic content that pleases the masses. Then throw in all the late morning/early afternoon programming targeted at older people such as Bargain Hunt and the like

If one insurer offered this, then no. If the majority of insurers I would be likely to use offered it, I probably would - after 3 years I've broken even, and I'll definitely be needing home insurance longer than that. This latter situation also maintains my ability to shop around for competitive premium rates.

So ultimately yes - I'd buy it as long as it has a positive EV for myself.

Not having been in this situation, and (potentially relevant) being in the UK, are the family/patient really allowed to administer drugs like this?

It seems to me that administering potent drugs such as morphine would be controlled by medical staff who have the knowledge around safe doses.

So a man could legally turn up to work in a skirt (where that is an option for women)?

Not judging - I'm just curious as to how far the rules reach, I don't even know how this works in the UK

> two birds duct-taped together That's an oddly specific case - is this just a humorous idea, or an actual UFO explanation from real life?

You recall correctly - the Shenfield part has been switched on for Oyster/contactless

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