Gabe Menezes RESPONDED: MY reply was based on ground reality; this is how it is over here. Just a couple of days ago Police were given this directive:- Not an offence to abuse police: Officers told not to arrest people who scream.....*... obscenities because courts won't convict.
--- Comment: Thank you Gabe for NOT answering the question put to you. I will try one more time - by simplifying it - and then .... sit shhhh on this matter: (I add two questions which appears to be confusing o senhor Oxford) [A] The Gabe question: If you + 14 guys (let's just call them hunky well-dressed, with non-fenic perfume, non-goondas) have turned up (already) at (say) your parish council meeting, would you be 'championed, invited to leave or forcibly removed/arrested IF you obstinately insist on "speaking to the parish priest" .....at the meeting? [B] For the benefit of Morris Oxford, who has contended that British Legal system is being followed in India. In the UK, could the arrival of 14+ non-goondas 'demanding' to speak to you or else - constitute an assault? Does this type of an assault case require a doctor to 'physically' examine the alleged victim, and to testify in court? PS: for those who might be wondering: India, like the England & Wales, US, Australia, Ireland etc follows the Common law (judge made law) system which English law inherited from Danish law. This is different from the Civil law followed on the continent (and previously in Goa). The fundamental principle in Common Law countries is the following: A man (generic) is considered INNOCENT until proved guilty. This principle has been violated by the Goa Children's Act.http://www.colaco.net/1/gca2003.htm which expects a man to prove himself Innocent. Think about it: Any among us can be accused of such a crime and be expected to prove that we cannot commit it. And IF we have the 'services' of a hostile, crooked and harassing adversary, we could end up 'accepting' anything. That is the reason why they have the Miranda Rights in the US and why the Innocence project was formed. http://www.innocenceproject.org/ jc ps: Do I expect Oxford to understand this? Sure! Do I expect him to be abusive? Not really!
