Thank you, Piers. That helps very much to clarify things.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Feb 7, 2005, at 8:54 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
>
> You had some useful replies already Winsor, but one point of
> clarification
> is that anti-social behavio(u)r is not a "crime" in UK either. There
> is a
> civil (not criminal) legal process by which local government can apply
> for
> an ASBO (anti-social behavio(u)r order) against anyone who has acted
> in "a
> manner that caused or was likely to cause harassment, alarm or
> distress"
>
> They have been used to restrain a person who made several hundred
> malicious/threatening calls to our equivalent of "911"; to put a stop
> to
> persistent harassment of neighbo(u)rs; against persistent use of
> offensive
> or racist language, threatening others. And so on.
>
> It seems to me it's a way of tackling social problems *without*
> resorting to
> criminal law, and without further adding to the prison population.
> Some may
> see that as a "Good Thing". Some may not!
>
> --
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> Of Winsor Crosby
> Sent: 07 February 2005 02:19
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] [OT]British Language
>
>
> Please forgive this completely off topic query to the British members.
> I am rather fond of watching the Prime Ministers Questions on our CSPAN
> station. I need some translation. If you could enlighten me on a
> couple of
> terms which block my understanding of the arguments I would be very
> grateful.
>
> 1. "Anti-social behavior" which is not a crime in this country and
> just a
> matter of rudeness.I am sure it is a euphemism for something else.
>
> 2. "Intercepted evidence" which seems to be an issue the handling of
> terrorist trials.
>
> Any translation would be appreciated.
>
>
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
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