Meanwhile in Pyongyang...

[Mich the Tester]

Kim obviously hasn't caught on to the K-Pop rage;

Kim Jong-un's ex-lover 'executed by firing squad' - Telegraph

[amcdonald]

He must be feeling so ronery now

[Mich the Tester]

“They were executed with machine guns while the key members of the Unhasu Orchestra, Wangjaesan Light Band and Moranbong Band as well as the families of the victims looked on,”
After the executions, family members of the victims were taken to prison camps while the Unhasu Orchestra and Wangjaesan Light Music Band were disbanded.

Now see, all those 'hooman rights' aren't such a bad thing after all. Yes, sometimes people twist the idea and make it look a bit silly, but really, things aren't so bad here in the UK or Euroland.

[Bunk]

Now see, all those 'hooman rights' aren't such a bad thing after all. Yes, sometimes people twist the idea and make it look a bit silly, but really, things aren't so bad here in the UK or Euroland.

That's why those who abuse the human rights laws for silly things are far more pernicious and evil than people realise. They devalue it and turn people against it when it actually serves an important purpose.

[Mich the Tester]

That's why those who abuse the human rights laws for silly things are far more pernicious and evil than people realise. They devalue it and turn people against it when it actually serves an important purpose.

Good point, and IMHO it's up to the judges to be wary of that. To be fair though, there will always be some amount of abuse, but perhaps we need to take the rough with the smooth and accept that from time to time there'll be an apparently silly judgment.

[DodgyAgent]

why do we need human rights laws to protect ex girlfriends being shot?

[Mich the Tester]

why do we need human rights laws to protect ex girlfriends being shot?

Clue; it was the government that shot her. Do you trust politicians?

[DodgyAgent]

Clue; it was the government that shot her. Do you trust politicians?

If the government shot someone in this country then they are subject to the law just as anyone else is.

[Mich the Tester]

If the government shot someone in this country then they are subject to the law just as anyone else is.

Yep, that's because Britain had the equivalent of hooman rights legislation before hooman rights treaties came along; many, many other places haven't, and it's largely thanks to the likes of Winston Churchill who took the initiative with the ECHR and set the example by signing Britain up to its own treaty that most places in Europe now don't shoot their citizens in the style of Kim.

[Paddy]

If the government shot someone in this country then they are subject to the law just as anyone else is.

The Royal Family and their servants are not subject to the law of the land unless the Queen wavers their privilege. You can’t have The Queen verses The Queen in the law courts.