The Chaser could face 6 months in jail

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They got in under false pretenses. If they had of driven up to the checkpoint, introduced themselves to the police as the Chaser guys and asked permission to head into a restricted zone to pull a prank AND had still been waved through, then you may have a point, but as it was, they pretended to be someone they weren't to gain access. Yes the police shouldn't have been fooled so easily, but the Chaser guys shouldn't have been trying either.

As for not harming anyone, but that logic, we should ignore a lot of crimes. Would you feel the same if you found someone in your backyard - not harming you, not spying, just sitting there? I'm sure you would want police action then, even if the guy wasn't harming anyone. They broke the law, everything else is largely irrelevant in the question of their guilt.

Difference being; I wouldn't have waved them through the gate before calling the cops.
 
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let's face it, the law does Not represent justice, nor is it the conscience of the society. It's only there as a tool - and you hope whoever that wield (and make) the law have some sense in their heads.

It's blatantly obvious that taking into consideration of the usual way of conduct of the Chaser Team, they've made their identities known before they were waved through the checkpoints.

the fact that everyone made such a big deal out of it is because of the "importance" of the event (not that the world leaders did anything important in the meeting), involving world leaders (blah), world affairs (blah) and making into world news (blah).

We're individuals, not a bunch of conformists!

oh, BTW, today's Chaser was brilliant.
 
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Umm.. if a pub or casino lets an under aged person drink on their property, who's breaking the law. The person doing the under-age drinking or the person letting them? The Chasers might not of been allowed in, but they were, they didn't climb over a fence, they didn't resist arrest.
 
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Media job isnt necessarily to challenge those who have it...I thought it was merely meant to report on the truth?

In any case...from my understanding they drove into a secured zone, with the intension of getting stopped at the first checkpoint. Instead they were waved through. It would have been alright if they were stopped but they werent. Everyone would be having a laugh if they had been.

I agree they could have been shot, rhetoric comes from the media too - an unknown vehicle has been waved through into the security zone. You're the sniper. You have the order to shoot. I really don't think you're really going to see who it is...you're just going to take them out in case they are a terrorist. One to the head of the driver, then probably the rest of the van.

It probably wasn't the smartest of things to do in honesty. There's a line in these things, and whilst the security could be blamed for not registering they were fake, they still went ahead with a prank to test security, and if they land in jail..well it's unfortunate, but don't say they didn't see it coming.
 
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Umm.. if a pub or casino lets an under aged person drink on their property, who's breaking the law. The person doing the under-age drinking or the person letting them? The Chasers might not of been allowed in, but they were, they didn't climb over a fence, they didn't resist arrest.

Both, actually. Both publican and the underage drinker can be punished, especially if the underage drinker has gained entry through false pretenses.
 
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Both, actually. Both publican and the underage drinker can be punished, especially if the underage drinker has gained entry through false pretenses.
it depends on the cercumstanses of the under age person being supplied with the alcohol - but thats a different issue altogether...

the chaser this is all over the place... they better not cancel it tho... thay already axed the glass house!
 
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Did anyone watch their show last night? I've been a watcher for a few months already and wow have they gone famous! It was a waste of $160 million dollars of our tax money though...

The point is that they successfully breached security...so amazing how the cop just waved them thru!!!! Oh and their own fireworks display ...hilarious!
 
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it depends on the cercumstanses of the under age person being supplied with the alcohol - but thats a different issue altogether...

the chaser this is all over the place... they better not cancel it tho... thay already axed the glass house!

Well on Wednesday they mocked Kevin so I suppose they can't be accused of political bias :p

I think a 6 month jail sentence is so ridiculous. No one bothered to check their ID! They didn't even expect to be let in - and seriously, if you were taken seriously when pulling a prank like that and waved through, would you seriously turn back at that point? I'd panic and keep going ^_^

Don't want those two missing from the Chaser for 6 months :(
 
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