The Scottish government and its ‘allies’ have come out fighting by trying to play down the values behind the HC Act. But their reliance on the concept of a ‘reasonable person’ is entirely Janus faced. They claim that everything will be considered reasonable at the same time as demonstrating mistrust of the ordinary people who embody that standard. Aren’t they currently trying to remove reasonable people from judging rape trials? Apparently reasonable people are too thick and too easily fooled to be trusted. Perhaps they hate ordinary people?
The Scottish government and its ‘allies’ have come out fighting by trying to play down the values behind the HC Act. But their reliance on the concept of a ‘reasonable person’ is entirely Janus faced. They claim that everything will be considered reasonable at the same time as demonstrating mistrust of the ordinary people who embody that standard. Aren’t they currently trying to remove reasonable people from judging rape trials? Apparently reasonable people are too thick and too easily fooled to be trusted. Perhaps they hate ordinary people?