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Apart from the fact that you have private prosecution in the UK, there's definitely a difference between private action for compensation and state action that might come with a criminal record.

The UK is the home of Cautions and ASBO's where you find out you have a criminal record just like that.

A place where you'd rather call the police than intervene to stop an ongoing crime because you might end up with a criminal record.

Canada of course is similar here.




It's all a little unconvincing when the US is enslaving people in foreign prisons at the whim of a president.

The question isn't whether UK society is the freest imaginable -- but at the moment, it is very plausibly, the freest on the earth.


No country is free if you can't defend yourself and others without worry of legal repercussions.

That's not true of the UK. Especially Scotland.

Freest in the world my big arse.

There's places in the world where slaves are openly traded today. I'll give you a clue. They tend to support Hamas.




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