Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 734 Infinite Defense

Just half an hour before, Swift, who was full of wine and food, proposed to sit at the bar.

It has to be said here that the Rhodesia Hotel offers a wide range of drinks, ranging from brandy from France to tequila from South America. Vodka is fine. This kind of hotel cannot enter, but there are bars.

Although Swift works in the Ministry of Agriculture, the situation in the Ministry of Agriculture does not allow Swift to drink brandy from France anytime and anywhere.

At the Rhodesia Hotel, Swift does not need to pay for all the consumption, so Swift accidentally drank too much, and had to go to the bar to have a good time after drinking, Carlos could not persuade him live.

When he arrived at the bar, Swift was restless. All kinds of cocktails made Swift get carried away, and accidentally touched a lady's ass.

In bars, this kind of thing is actually very common, so fighting in bars is also very common. If Swift is really careless and apologizes sincerely before buying someone a drink, most people will not care about it. Those who come here to have fun and relax, if you really can’t accept this, don’t come to the bar, just go to the cafe, but after Swift touched it, he put his finger under his nose and smelled it, and then slapped loudly whistled.

The consequences are serious.

After hearing what happened, Louis Botha felt that the foie gras was not delicious at all.

Rock didn't talk to Louis Botha at all. He glanced at Zach who didn't exist next to him, and Zach immediately went to deal with it.

It's a lot easier than dealing with Brett Hopkins crashing the Cecil Rhodes statue.

"Why do outsiders always make such mistakes when they come to Nyasaland? Now I feel that they are all mentally handicapped." Stoudemire said fragrantly. The Italian sculptor has not yet completed the task. Cecil, who has no statue Rhodes Plaza is like losing its soul.

"Swift was pretty good before, he was just drunk—" Louis Botha didn't mind.

"This is definitely not the first time he was drunk, nor is it the first time he has done this kind of thing, but he was not in Nyasaland before, so no one dared to detain him." The requirements for people are too high, quality, morality and so on are too far away, scum can be found everywhere, but the proportion of scum is higher in this era, and there are more in colonial countries like southern Africa.

Rock does not dwell on philosophical issues such as whether human nature is inherently good or evil. Rock only proceeds from reality.

There are also many people in Nyasaland who seem to be honest and treacherous, so Rock never talks about life with people, and only uses strict laws and regulations to regulate people's behavior. If you violate the regulations, you will be punished. It's the law that is nothing more than human feelings, and those are all excuses.

"Why not?" Louis Botha didn't pretend to be confused, he really didn't realize what was going on.

In other words, Louis Botha would not pay attention to such trivial matters at all.

"Because Swift works for the Ministry of Agriculture, and because Swift is backed by you, put this brand out, and most things can be settled." Rock taunted, and the king of Hades sees the kid in trouble. This is the reason, some people have to magnify even a little bit of power to the extreme, otherwise they will not show superiority.

The remnants of feudalism!

"Then why can't it be settled in Nyasaland?" Louis Botha must also defend his shortcomings, which is also human nature.

"Because in Nyasaland, I am the backstage of everyone, and Nyasaland is my territory." Rock's voice was not high, but he could not refute.

It's not that the Qianglong doesn't suppress the land-headed snakes, it just doesn't bother to deal with the land-headed snakes, let alone the strong snakes and the land-headed dragons.

"How would you handle this kind of thing if both sides are Nyasalandians?" Louis Botha didn't argue, and was more interested in Rock's way of handling it.

"How to deal with it, how to deal with it, it is illegal to touch someone's buttocks casually, the lady who was raped by Swift can shoot Swift to death, can you accept the result of this kind of treatment?" Rock calmly, Nyasaland Follow the British tradition and respect the principle of unlimited defense.

This unlimited defense is really not the first in the United States. The "Twelve Bronze Tables Law" in ancient Rome stipulated that thieves found stealing at night can be killed directly. Sentenced to forty strokes of flogging, if the master kills the person immediately, the master is not guilty.

In the book "Criminal Law" published in 1801, the idea of ​​​​infinite defense was expanded to the extreme. The book believed that if it is to protect one's own property rights from infringement, even slight infringements can include deprivation of life. the most severe form of defense.

Nyasaland has stricter and more specific regulations in this regard. When the homeowner finds a stranger in the house when he returns home, he can directly shoot and kill the stranger.

Of course, if you drink too much and go to the wrong door, but kill the people in other people's houses, this is murder, and you will also bear legal responsibility.

For this result, Louis Botha obviously could not accept it, so Louis Botha did not speak.

"This is why Swift is unscrupulous." Stoudemire chuckled. The laws of Rhodesia are exactly the same as those of Nyasaland. Compiled, Stoudemire thinks it's pretty good, so I just use it directly.

Save money!

"Touching the butt and shooting him directly is too strict." Louis Botha felt that it was overkill.

"When Nyasaland was making legislation, I only had one request. I said to Professor Constance, think about what you would do if a crime happened to you? Then there is the current The Nyasaland Constitution." The Rock people made the best use of it, and Professor Constance's daughter died of crime escalation. It is conceivable how jealous Professor Constance is.

Most of the saints who call for human rights and advocate the rights of criminals stand up and speak without pain. They live in high-end residential areas with good security and work in deep-seated compound with strict security. People at the same level are at most tax evasion, theft and Crimes such as robbery and rape are too far away from them, and criminals who commit these crimes cannot approach them at all, so they have no personal pain.

This is why British law has strict requirements for tax evasion and tax evasion, but the punishment is not serious.

For these low-level criminal behaviors, the British punishment is very heavy, and they don't even give them a chance to repent.

The fundamental reason is that those who make laws are rich, so they will not make mistakes that can be solved with money.

"What if it wasn't intentional?" Louis Botha still disagreed.

"Don't be picky. If it's not intentional, then you'll apologize sincerely instead of whistling obscenely. Besides, not everyone can shoot and kill. If you really want to meet someone who kills like hemp, then you can only I think I am unlucky, and I may choke to death when I eat." Rock is not soft-hearted, the law is to protect the interests of the majority, not the interests of the minority, and the "Traffic Law" that Nyasaland will soon introduce , Drunk driving causing death of others can be executed up to the death penalty.

Punishment too heavy?

Don’t drink and you’ll be fine. Don’t touch the car while drinking. If you drink, you still have to drive. If you have an accident, you can complain. Feeling laws can be changed at will.

"You're right, we can't stop eating because we might choke to death." Luis Botha only agrees with this part, even if he has opinions on other parts, he will reserve: "Carlos, send Swift back to Austria Langji, hand it over to the police station."

Rock endured it and didn't say a word. This face still has to be given, and it didn't cause serious consequences anyway. Even if the police in Nyasaland dealt with it, the current situation is mostly a fine plus compulsory labor.

In fact, this kind of compromise is a harm to the law, but politics is the art of compromise, and it must not be on the line. An insignificant Swift cannot affect the relationship between Rock and Louis Botha. strong friendship.

Of course, the reason for such downplaying is mainly because the consequences of Swift’s actions are not serious. If Swift commits serious crimes in Nyasaland, Roque will definitely not compromise. Whether the relationship between Rock and Louis Botha will deteriorate because of Swift is a question for Louis Botha to consider.

"It seems that we are going to print the law into a book and distribute a copy to every foreigner who comes to Nyasaland." Stoudemire was very relaxed, so he didn't care what Roque and Louis Botha did. Stoudemire doesn't care.

"That's only if they can understand it." Rock was very helpless. To understand the law, a relatively high level of education is required. Literacy alone is not enough, let alone the tragic literacy rate in southern Africa.

"There is no way to do this. The ten states in southern Africa, plus the federal government and the mainland, have more than a dozen constitutions, and dozens of criminal laws, civil laws, commercial laws, and tax laws. Only those professionals can understand." Louis Botha is also very helpless. If the legal system is not so complicated, the profession of lawyers would not be so prosperous.

Considering that the specific legal provisions are created by people in the industry, it is really frightening to think about it carefully.

Rock and Stoudemire will not talk on this issue. The legislative capital of southern Africa is Bloemfontein. Although the legislative capital is of little significance, the blame can be thrown to Bloemfontein.

At this time there was another noise at the door, and Luis Botha's face immediately became ugly.

Rock and Stoudemire couldn't hear it, but Louis Botha could definitely hear it. It was Swift who was making noise outside the door.

"Sorry, let's take care of some housework." Louis Botha didn't mean to let Rock and Stoudemire intervene, and apologized politely when he got up.

housework!

No wonder Louis Botha was so popular among the Boers.

(End of this chapter)