Dozens of New Crimes - The Heart's Desire of the UKMA
Fanatics
July 21 2004 at 12:54
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Tony
Bennett
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New Labour has already added hundreds of new crimes to
the statute books in the last 7 years - including of course selling
bananas by the pound (and various associated offences - *marking* them up
at 25p per pound is a separate offence, also with a jail term or �5,000
fine as maximum sentences).
The UKMA wishes to vastly extend the
number of crimes which could be committed by the British people. It is
quite hard to believe, but now that I have studied the recent UKMA report:
'A Very British Mess' in depth, here are *just some* of the new crimes
proposed by them:
UKMA want a law to stop people advertising their
office floor space in imperial and want criminal sanctions to enforce this
UKMA want a law to stop estate agents stating how many acres of
land are for sale at a property and want criminal sanctions to enforce
this
UKMA want a law to stop people stating in adverts for their
houses how long their garden is in feet and want criminal sanctions to
enforce this
UKMA want a law to stop estate agents describing the
size of rooms in a house for sale in feet and inches and want criminal
sanctions to enforce this
UKMA want a law to stop people
advertising pizzas for sale in inches and want criminal sanctions to
enforce this
UKMA want a law to stop people buying curtain
material in 48" and 54" drops and want criminal sanctions to enforce this
UKMA want a law to stop McDonalds, Burger King and other food
outlets referring to 'halfpounders' and 'quarterpounders' and want
criminal sanctions to enforce this
UKMA want a law to stop film
companies and photo shops describing photo and picture sizes in inches and
want criminal sanctions to enforce this
UKMA want a law to stop
all weather forecasters and weather reporters referring to wind speeds in
miles per hour, referring to visibility in miles, and to giving the
Fahrenheit equivalents of Celsius temperatures and to giving the inches
equivalent of rainfall in millimetres - and want criminal sanctions to
enforce this (in their great mercy they stop just short of wishing to
impose criminal penalties on newspapers for these same
'offences')
UKMA want a law to stop restaurants printing menus with
descriptions such as '8oz. steak' and '12oz. steak' and want criminal
sanctions to enforce this
UKMA want a law to stop people selling
paintbrushes with their width in inches marked on them and want criminal
sanctions to enforce this
UKMA want a law to stop people selling
beds in feet and inches - the metric equivalent of 3', 4' 6" and 5' would
have to be given - and want criminal sanctions to enforce this
UKMA want a law to stop people selling sheds in feet (e.g. 8'
sheds) and want criminal sanctions to enforce this
UKMA want a law
to stop people referring in adverts for cars to miles per gallon and want
criminal sanctions to enforce this
UKMA want a law to stop people
selling or advertising carpets per square yard and want criminal sanctions
to enforce this
UKMA want a law to stop people referrig to
anything imperial in any advertisement of any kind and want criminal
sanctions to enforce this (thus the ads I posted a few months ago on this
bulletin board would become crimes e.g. 'Jack Daniels Whisky is filtered
through 10 feet of maple charcoal', 'Avoid the 50-yard dash', '634 feet of
strech limo' etc.)
UKMA want a law to stop people buying
televisions with screen sizes in inches and want criminal sanctions to
enforce this.
And that is not by any means a full list - space and
time don't permit me to compile an exhaustive list.
They also want
to complete the metrication of all Britain's 1 to 2 million road signs no
later than 'early 2007'.
These facts can be readily checked in the
UKMA Report which is on their website. When I realised just how far they
wanted to go, the word 'fanatic' sprang to mind, which is why I've put it
in the title of this posting.
Anyone from UKMA who reads this
mesage is hereby publicly invited to deny - on this bulletin board - any
of the above statements if they think they are incorrect
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