From: bringyagrogalong on
B J Foster <plagiarist...(a)yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
> bringyagrogalong wrote:
> > Sylvia Else <syl...(a)not.here.invalid> wrote:
> >> Noodle wrote:
> ...
>
> > But quite apart from the stupidity of his argument he is also urging
> > people to break the law.
>
> Since when was refusing to pay a fine against the law, idiot

Taken to its ultimate conclusion refusing to pay a fine results in
contempt of court and a prison term.

There! You've learned something.

You can even use it without attribution, as is your want.

Foster's plagiarism exposed...

http://groups.google.com/group/aus.politics/msg/dd8d8fbf3899c2c3

LIfted straight from Trainspotter's post to Aussie Stock Forums:

http://www.aussiestockforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=554789

You low-life, maggoty little plagiarist.

No wonder you love Julie Bishop and the Libs so much.

> > Fair dinkum, if Charles Darwin were alive today he could have
> > completed his life's work by identifying Noodle as the Missing Link.

From: Sylvia Else on
On 9/06/2010 8:48 PM, bringyagrogalong wrote:
> B J Foster<plagiarist...(a)yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
>> bringyagrogalong wrote:
>>> Sylvia Else<syl...(a)not.here.invalid> wrote:
>>>> Noodle wrote:
>> ...
>>
>>> But quite apart from the stupidity of his argument he is also urging
>>> people to break the law.
>>
>> Since when was refusing to pay a fine against the law, idiot
>
> Taken to its ultimate conclusion refusing to pay a fine results in
> contempt of court and a prison term.

Even if that were true, it wouldn't mean that refusing to pay the fine
was against the law. It would merely be an example of how contempt of
court is.

NSW legislation goes into considerable detail about what happens when
people don't pay fines. No mention of contempt of court there. I haven't
checked, but I expect other states have similar legislation.

Sylvia.
From: Hunter on
On 9/06/2010 9:26 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:
> On 9/06/2010 8:48 PM, bringyagrogalong wrote:
>> B J Foster<plagiarist...(a)yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
>>> bringyagrogalong wrote:
>>>> Sylvia Else<syl...(a)not.here.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> Noodle wrote:
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> But quite apart from the stupidity of his argument he is also urging
>>>> people to break the law.
>>>
>>> Since when was refusing to pay a fine against the law, idiot
>>
>> Taken to its ultimate conclusion refusing to pay a fine results in
>> contempt of court and a prison term.
>
> Even if that were true, it wouldn't mean that refusing to pay the fine
> was against the law. It would merely be an example of how contempt of
> court is.
>
> NSW legislation goes into considerable detail about what happens when
> people don't pay fines. No mention of contempt of court there. I haven't
> checked, but I expect other states have similar legislation.


Over in WA the last I heard is they take your license and pass the fine
to fine enforcement, which is nothing more than a glorified debt
collection agency. Nothing criminal about it.

From: Epsilon on
Hunter wrote:
> On 9/06/2010 9:26 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:
>> On 9/06/2010 8:48 PM, bringyagrogalong wrote:
>>> B J Foster<plagiarist...(a)yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
>>>> bringyagrogalong wrote:
>>>>> Sylvia Else<syl...(a)not.here.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>> Noodle wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>> But quite apart from the stupidity of his argument he is also
>>>>> urging people to break the law.
>>>>
>>>> Since when was refusing to pay a fine against the law, idiot
>>>
>>> Taken to its ultimate conclusion refusing to pay a fine results in
>>> contempt of court and a prison term.
>>
>> Even if that were true, it wouldn't mean that refusing to pay the
>> fine was against the law. It would merely be an example of how
>> contempt of court is.

It's not contempt of court. But there was a time not so long ago when
non-payment of a fine could lead to imprisonment, as an every-day method of
discharging the outstanding fine.

In NSW, that is no longer the case - see
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/fa199669/s125.html . The
arrangement now is that other inducements are made to enforce payment of the
fine.

>> NSW legislation goes into considerable detail about what happens when
>> people don't pay fines. No mention of contempt of court there. I
>> haven't checked, but I expect other states have similar legislation.

Probably. They probably also have reciprocal arrangements to deal with
situations of fine-defaulters going to other jurisdictions in Australia.

> Over in WA the last I heard is they take your license and pass the
> fine to fine enforcement, which is nothing more than a glorified debt
> collection agency. Nothing criminal about it.

Sounds quite reasonable. Far better than locking up the fine-defaulter for
non-payment.

From: bringyagrogalong on
Sylvia Else <syl...(a)not.here.invalid> wrote:
> bringyagrogalong wrote:
> > B J Foster<plagiarist...(a)yahoo.com.invalid>  wrote:
> >> bringyagrogalong wrote:
> >>> Sylvia Else<syl...(a)not.here.invalid>  wrote:
> >>>> Noodle wrote:
> >> ...
>
> >>> But quite apart from the stupidity of his argument he is also urging
> >>> people to break the law.
>
> >> Since when was refusing to pay a fine against the law, idiot
>
> > Taken to its ultimate conclusion refusing to pay a fine results in
> > contempt of court and a prison term.
>
> Even if that were true, it wouldn't mean that refusing to pay the fine
> was against the law. It would merely be an example of how contempt of
> court is.
>
> NSW legislation goes into considerable detail about what happens when
> people don't pay fines. No mention of contempt of court there. I haven't
> checked, but I expect other states have similar legislation.
>
> Sylvia.

If the court orders that the fine be paid and you still refuse to pay
it, you are in contempt of court which can result in a prison
sentence.

Noodle said "Refuse to pay your fines" In fact he said "REFUSE TO PAY
YOUR FINES!"

If you take his advice that'll be were you end up.