Under any political system equality does not exist
and Ireland is no different. One of the first places we go to source any kind
of equality in law when we feel aggrieved is the law courts. It is also the
place where you will least find it. In Ireland, convicted paedophiles can get
off with a fine while people who did not have a television license have found
themselves in prison. The only thing that is fair and balanced about law is a
very healthy bank balance. This country now sits in eerily silent contempt at
whatever concepts of fairness in law we had before and watch it fast disappear
with only one person being convicted of corruption in the entire history of
this state; a conviction that is now on appeal.
Elitism dominates universities, politics, old boy
networks, religious groups, and medicine, with the pursuit of money and
property ensuring their survival in the best and worst of times. Our Seanad, or
upper house of parliament, is entirely operated on this basis, as are all
professorships and the hiring of judges. The citizen does not enter here. The
manipulation of law is the glue that holds it all together. If you do not have
the money to challenge this status quo then try to sell truth, morals, and
integrity somewhere else.
Most people think that a particular law is
sacrosanct when it is in fact based almost entirely on precedent, which is an
opinion of one person or small grouping and is used when necessary to
circumvent law therefore being stronger than law itself.
There is no clear definition of important laws
either for there are clearly meant to deceive. The most punitive ones are for disorder
against the system itself; a legal minefield against those that seek
accountability. Make legal mumbo jumbo otherwise or even legible and there
would be no need for lawyers, just someone with a good command of the written
word.
Barry Clifford
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