Tablet Eraser wrote:
A culture that didn't need the Human Rights Act to tell it how to treat people with decency and respect.
An interesting thought from one who would be being treated with anything but decency and respect and would not be in his current profession were it not for the jurisprudence of the ECtHR.
The HRA does not adversely affect the fight against terrorism. Its repeal would have no effect on UK law whatsoever. It merely saves the bother of the 10+ years it takes to get to Strasbourg. It also helps ensure that we fight terrorism in such a manner that we don't create 10 terrorists for every one we capture or kill.
On the general subject, I tend to subscribe to the thought of Prof. Richard Dawkins: "There will always be a few evil men doing evil things. However, for good men to do evil takes religion."