The Negative Side of Stand Your Ground

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Discover how stubbornness can lead to injustice, as exemplified by the British Post Office scandal and the dangers of refusing to accept the truth.

Stand your ground: Op je strepen staan (in the Dutch language)
idiom

To refuse to be pushed backwards, or to continue in your beliefs in an argument.

The battalion stood its ground in the face of repeated attacks.
Clare stood her ground in the meeting and refused to be intimidated even when Michael got angry.

Cambridge Dictionary

Stand your ground: To refuse to change your opinion or give in to an argument.

I kept trying to get my grandmother to find a smaller house, but she stood her ground. 

American Cambridge Dictionary
1 Embracing Spontaneity Without Being a Thorn in the Side

“Stand your ground” can lead to negative outcomes when it morphs into stubbornness or an unwillingness to accept the truth

  • Stubbornness can hinder justice: When parties refuse to acknowledge their faults, it not only prolongs the suffering of those affected but also obstructs the legal system from functioning as intended.

  • The impact on innocent individuals: the consequences faced by the Subpostmasters due to the Post Office’s refusal to admit wrongdoing reinforces the personal cost of this stubbornness.

  • Broader implications for the legal system: such behaviors can undermine public trust in the justice system and its ability to protect the innocent.

    • Standing your ground means ‘not giving in, sticking to your position, insisting that you are right’ and often also: ‘asserting your authority, showing that you are in a higher position and that the other person must listen to you because of that.’

The Dutch saying “de luis in de pels”
“a thorn in one’s side” or “a thorn in the flesh.”

Both expressions refer to a person or thing that causes persistent annoyance or trouble, similar to how a louse would be an irritating pest.

The expressions “a thorn in one’s side” or “a thorn in the flesh” typically describe someone or something that causes ongoing irritation or annoyance, but they might not capture the full nuance of “de luis in de pels,” which often implies a more subtle, insidious annoyance or a challenge to comfort that can disrupt the status quo.

In context, it might describe someone who challenges the status quo or raises uncomfortable questions, much like how the phrase is often used to highlight those who disrupt complacency or bring attention to issues that others might prefer to ignore.

2 Justice Is Life-Threatening

The phrase “Justitie is levensgevaarlijk” translates to “Justice is life-threatening” in English. This expression captures the complex and often paradoxical nature of justice systems, especially in contexts where pursuing justice can lead to significant personal risk or danger. Here are some key points that can help explain this concept further:

  1. Critique of Justice Systems:
    This phrase can serve as a critique of justice systems that, rather than protecting individuals, may inadvertently expose them to harm. For instance, whistleblowers or individuals challenging corrupt practices may find themselves in dangerous situations as they seek to expose the truth.

  2. Implications of Injustice:
    The phrase suggests that the pursuit of justice can sometimes lead to severe consequences for those involved. This could relate to wrongful convictions, harsh penalties, or retaliatory actions against those who seek to challenge the status quo.

  3. Real-Life Examples:
    In various historical and contemporary cases, individuals who stand up for justice – whether through activism, legal challenges, or journalism – have faced threats, violence, or persecution. This reality emphasizes the risks associated with pursuing justice in an unjust world.

  4. Philosophical Perspective:
    Philosophically, the statement raises questions about the nature of justice itself. What happens when justice, intended to uphold rights and fairness, becomes a source of danger? It challenges us to think critically about how justice is administered and who it truly serves.

  5. Call to Action:
    By stating that “Justice Is Life-Threatening,” there may be an implicit call to reform justice systems to ensure they are safe, equitable, and truly serve the interests of all citizens, rather than putting lives at risk.

Conclusion

Overall, the phrase “Justice Is Life-Threatening” serves as a powerful reminder of the complexities and potential dangers associated with the pursuit of justice. It invites critical reflection on how justice systems operate and the need for ongoing reform to protect individuals who stand up for what is right.

3 Justice Can Be Described as an Unguided Missile

The fact that someone has no awareness or guilt for such profound harm raises the question of whether they have, in a sense, relinquished a core aspect of their humanity: the ability to feel empathy, responsibility, and regret for the suffering of others. By playing with justice and disregarding the immense harm caused, they exhibit traits often associated with psychopathic or sociopathic tendencies. (cfr. Unveiling What Really Happened).

Justice has a dark side (cfr.: the intro on the first page of the website).

4 That’s a Bit Oversimplified

The expression “That’s a bit oversimplified” is used when someone makes a statement or judgment that lacks nuance or doesn’t consider all factors, like jumping to conclusions.

Looking at cases of wrongful convictions with blinders on – narrowing your view to simplistic explanations or focusing only on surface-level details – does an immense disservice to those whose lives have been ruined by the justice system. Since 1989, there have been 3,601 cases in the U.S. alone where individuals, later exonerated, had their lives reduced to chaos, an unimaginable mess.

These are people who were innocent, yet the system treated them as criminals, throwing them into a completely wrong context. Instead of addressing these injustices with critical thinking, we often see a rushed judgment, failing to recognize the deeper, existential questions at play. Justice should not be about artificially fitting people into a flawed system, but about understanding the full picture of their innocence.

5 The Common Denominator

The term “common denominator” refers to a shared characteristic or factor among different elements or groups.

There is something abnormal and completely incomprehensible about how young people can be taken out of their normal lives, completely unrelated to any wrongdoing, and without reason, have their lives ruined. Shocking cases like those of Brian Banks and Ryan Ferguson, who both spent years in prison before being exonerated, highlight this injustice.

Andrew Makinson – wrongly imprisoned for 17 years – unsafe conviction

Raphael Rowe

The Central Park Five

Please listen the video below

Liam Allan – Behind the breakthrough: pressure and trauma

 

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6 jun. 2019

The publicity around Liam’s case was perhaps the single biggest corner turned so far in the fight against false accusations and police failures.
 
Liam’s fresh faced appeal gave him a media platform and showed his apparent confidence to the world. Few saw the trauma fears and difficulties that came with presenting his innocent student’s story to TV journalists, and dealing with the reaction.
 
Now well into the journey of organising a successful series of conferences on the “Innovation of Justice”, Liam’s promise, to never stop fighting to get some return to sanity in the processing of rape/sexual assault cases, has inspired hundreds and made his face well recognised across the world.
 
pushing this and the main film, “We Believe You” can help the raised awareness and to restore justice
 
 

please share. and join in the discussion at https://www.pigandcrown.co.uk/forum/

At minute 9: eventually go to prison
At minute 16:
 
Gerry Monahan
Well done Liam for working to restore some balance to the current state of injustice for the huge growing number of falsely accused people.
Pain
I was falsely accused of rape in 2019 and I understand everything Liam went through
ROBBIE RACER
Thank you, Liam. (I can’t say more than this)
Kyle MacDonald
I was accused over 4 years again still a mess with no help
Ophiophagus H.
Why doesn’t this have a million views?
TheDeadSpacefan
People need to find out who that chick is and blast her name for everyone to see
Criminal Justice Natters
I recently spoke to Liam Allan about his experiences in the criminal justice system, you can view it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kaylCpUH7Q&t=39s
Goodiesfanful
The police investigate this case for a whole year and fail to find these crucial messages? That says something about what efficient investigators they are.
Patrick Graham
all police forces across the country – still doing this – as Mark Pearson points out – every time they are exposed as criminally perverse, they say “lessons will be learnt” – they never are.
Khan’s Clothing Blogs
Thsi happened to me but hopefully due to new evidence I can atleast press charges and clear my name
Patrick Graham
 @Khan’s Clothing Blogs  I wish you the best of luck – the police are extremely resistant to pressing charges against false accusers – because they are complicit at the very least themselves. and the CPS are as separate from the police as a foot is from a leg.

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