Saw this quote on a nerdy game-site somewhere...

[camouflage]

"The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all." --H. L. Mencken

Surprisingly spot on I thought... at first. Care to discuss?

 

[samk]

Or rather defending those who can be made to look like scoundrels...

 

[Kenny Vermouth]

"The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all." --H. L. Mencken

Surprisingly spot on I thought... at first. Care to discuss?

It's absolutely true. How often do we see the worst people in this country - killers, Jihadists, rapists and so on - invoking the Human Rights Act for their benefit.

Serial killer Dennis Nilsen, for example, has tried to use it so he can get gay porn in prison.