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Topic History of: Pervert, 88, jailed for abuse 40 years ago
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Innocent Accused |
Guilty or not this is a sad result.
What comes next? Digging up the graves of those who have been accused after death,and putting their head on a pole?
This whole episode just shows how far gone we are along the road of tabloid inspired witch huntism. |
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Blackit |
People assume that the mark of a civilized society is how much it values the welfare of its young. They also assume that we are reaching the apex of civilisation here in the UK in the early 21st century. For example, turning the disappearance of Maddie into a new pagan cult, all in order to hide our guilt at the obvious truth that children these days are just noisy, cumbersome, fashion accessories that we can no longer be arsed taking proper care of (as the maddie case exemplifies).
Actually, the mark of a civilisation is how it looks after it's older people - that infertile, unproductive segmant of the population that simply drains our financial resources.
And by that measure, we're not doing very well. No civilisation in history has ever made hating older people (at least older men) into some kind of moral duty. Even the eskimos must despise our attitude to the old. |
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Emma Bee |
Carl, you entirely missed my point. |
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veritas |
I think we are allowed a fair degree of scepticism Angel given the very many cases of miscarriage of justice that have occured...as opposed to those that haven't yet been exposed or never will.
Although you have a point. Without knowing the facts it's difficult work this out but given his age I don't know what is served by him being in jail..enormous cost..perhaps he thought he'd be better cared for in there ?
Still..these women will be able to claim compensation now.
Here in Oz a whole raft of Catholic teachers have been charged over historic offences after one nutcase accused one of abuse and he (at 72) was banged up without bail for 2 weeks
until his lawyer conclusively proved that the priest was in Rome for 2 years at the time after having to trawl immigration records...something the police should have done.
Still-with the police placing adverts in a country town newspaper...low and behold..a dozen other lads came forward with claims and now 4 more are chraged..all over 60 and one at 79 in a nursing home for priests.
The same lawyer has already claimed that it's the worst case of 'pedo hysteria' and is outraged the police went on a 'trawling' case placing adverts in newspapers and reminding claimants about compensation (most UK forces are now forbidden to do so) and he is positive they will all be found innocent.
Some of these case are really too much.. a boy saying he was touched up in a tent 40 years ago on a camping trip...who does one prove it did or didn't happen ?
Even in Thailand they have a Stature of Limitations of 20 years on murder !! |
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Carl |
Emma Bee wrote:
[quote]Even if he was guilty, what is achieved by sending him to prison at his age and in his condition. There are alternative penalties, e.g. house arrest.
What a ridiculous comment. Why dont we just let murderers off as well, just because something happened years ago does not mean it should go unpunished. Whether it be last week, last year or 40 years ago.
Should have put Fred West under house arrest too, could have visited the corpses under the floorboards when he got the urge, plus it would have kept his human rights intact. |
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