Re:We are being sued for refusing to take down a website
by cperciva on Friday August 22, 2014 @07:05PM
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it makes little sense to plead the 5th here, because whether parliament has sat in the last year will not effect the outcome of your trial
Ah, but you're looking at Section 5 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and when people say "plead the fifth" they're talking about the fifth amendment to the constitution.
Of course, we don't number our constitutional amendments; but if you look at them in chronological order, I believe the fifth would be the Statute Law Revision Act, 1893, which... well, actually it did nothing at all except to repeal sections of the British North America Act which no longer had any effect.
Re:We are being sued for refusing to take down a website
by fleitz on Friday August 22, 2014 @07:43PM
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touche.
Re:We are being sued for refusing to take down a website
by graeme on Friday August 22, 2014 @06:59PM
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Countries that don't have 911 as the emergency number often have to mount campaigns telling people not to dial it.
Re:We are being sued for refusing to take down a website
by jessaustin on Friday August 22, 2014 @08:10PM
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If so, it would seem a simple solution to alias "911" to whatever foolish number their backward attempt at civilization uses.
b^)
Re:We are being sued for refusing to take down a website
by owenmarshall on Friday August 22, 2014 @09:43PM
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The GSM standard mandates that 911, 112, and 999 (I believe...) be routed as emergency calls when dialed on a GSM cell phone.
I think some phones go farther and include 000, 118, and other lesser-used emergency numbers as well.
I frequently have to remind my fellow citizens that it makes little sense to plead the 5th here, because whether parliament has sat in the last year will not effect the outcome of your trial.