Comments on: Mail http://www.mailwatch.co.uk/2010/03/03/mail-617/ Watching the Daily Mail Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:38:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: JSwindle http://www.mailwatch.co.uk/2010/03/03/mail-617/comment-page-1/#comment-227523 JSwindle Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:42:13 +0000 http://www.mailwatch.co.uk/?p=4798#comment-227523 Even a dog knows when it has done something wrong. Mine used to hide after it stole the Sunday roast*. I think it's fair to say that you don't have to be very old nor smart to know that killing is pretty damned naughty, nor do you have to be very old to be a psychopath. It's one thing to be a kid and twonk another with a bat in play, it's something else when you hunt for one, torture them, then let a train carve their dead body in two to disguise your actions. Hardly fun that got out of hand. *I may be anthropomorphising a wee bit there. Even a dog knows when it has done something wrong. Mine used to hide after it stole the Sunday roast*. I think it’s fair to say that you don’t have to be very old nor smart to know that killing is pretty damned naughty, nor do you have to be very old to be a psychopath. It’s one thing to be a kid and twonk another with a bat in play, it’s something else when you hunt for one, torture them, then let a train carve their dead body in two to disguise your actions. Hardly fun that got out of hand.

*I may be anthropomorphising a wee bit there.

]]> By: Jake http://www.mailwatch.co.uk/2010/03/03/mail-617/comment-page-1/#comment-227498 Jake Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:53:03 +0000 http://www.mailwatch.co.uk/?p=4798#comment-227498 Am I the most liberal person on the planet, or am I just sensible? Personally, I think that there is only so many ways you can punish children. You just have to accept that 10 year olds really don’t understand the concequences of what they do. Children of that age don’t know the difference between right and wrong. They don’t understand the concequences of actions. Of course, what they did was terrible. And should never be forgiven. And they should always be closesly watched, and be on “license”. But I think it’s personally acceptable for them to be given new identities, as adults, and given a chance to try and live normal lives. If they’d willfully committed this crime as adults, they’d be free people anyway by now, no doubts. 17 years ago. Annonymity protects everyone. As let’s be honest, there are a lot of stupid people in this country, who are prepared to take a life for “revenge”. Why should these people be baited into doing something by the press? As in, they may be the ones serving a life sentence for murder. See Lee Harvey Oswald. The press baited a perfectly honest man into murder. And he was in prison for a long time, no matter how “valiant” he thought his actions were Am I the most liberal person on the planet, or am I just sensible?

Personally, I think that there is only so many ways you can punish children. You just have to accept that 10 year olds really don’t understand the concequences of what they do.

Children of that age don’t know the difference between right and wrong. They don’t understand the concequences of actions.

Of course, what they did was terrible. And should never be forgiven. And they should always be closesly watched, and be on “license”.

But I think it’s personally acceptable for them to be given new identities, as adults, and given a chance to try and live normal lives.

If they’d willfully committed this crime as adults, they’d be free people anyway by now, no doubts. 17 years ago.

Annonymity protects everyone. As let’s be honest, there are a lot of stupid people in this country, who are prepared to take a life for “revenge”.

Why should these people be baited into doing something by the press? As in, they may be the ones serving a life sentence for murder.

See Lee Harvey Oswald. The press baited a perfectly honest man into murder. And he was in prison for a long time, no matter how “valiant” he thought his actions were

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