James Bulger

[EddieM]

Today is the 20th anniversary of the death of this poor child. His father Ralph gave a rare interview on how he has coped over the last 20 years, understandably not very well as it turns out, frankly I'm amazed he is still alive, don't think i would be able to cope.

RIP Jamie.

 

[AndrewSchofield]

Couldn't agree more Eddie. Both of our children have had health issues in their short lives and I found it incredibly hard when our daughter had to stay just one night overnight in hospital. I can't begin to imagine how any parent would feel or cope when their child wasn't at home and was never going to be coming back.

Death is the only certainty we have in life but I think most people would fully expect that they will reach it before their children do and when life is taken rather than lost, it makes it all the more difficult to cope with.

I'm sure 20years on it hurts no less than it did at the time for his parents and all his family.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

I listened to that interview. Harrowing!

 

[kjacko]

I'm afraid i turn the other way when this story comes on tv, it's just too sad.
I don't remember anything affecting me so much over the past 20 years as this story. I remember shedding many a tear for the family of little Jamie back when it happened. Pictures of him look like my son when he was a similar age, wells me up every time.
His mum is right, these sub-humans were given a 2nd chance at life and she'll NEVER forgive them.

What i'd give to be in a locked room with these scumbags right now.

Edit: I'll go as far to say that after reading the reports of the actual injuries they inflicted on this little lad, that anybody not related to the story who is willing to forgive them.....should hang their heads in shame......or simply hang themselves.

 

[joe-90]

Yes but you have to remember that the perpetrators were only children themselves and both from abusive homes. They were as much victims as criminals. I don't understand the people in this forum - they go on about gays adopting children and condone dysfunctional families like Venebles came from. Get a grip guys.

 

[kjacko]

When i was 10, i was a little bugger to say the least. A trouble causer, a bully (of sorts), the kind of kid parents dread to have.
I never thought it was ok to torture, burn and throw a child on a railway line to be dismembered by an oncoming train.
I kind of knew that was wrong.

 

[joe-90]

But you weren't abused to the point that you didn't know right from wrong. That's the difference. Ruin a puppy and you'll get a bad dog.

 

[snico]

But you weren't abused to the point that you didn't know right from wrong. That's the difference. Ruin a puppy and you'll get a bad dog.

Are you saying that them 2 monsters didnt know what they where doing was wrong.......rubbish!!!!

 

[EddieM]

stop bickering all, an innocent little lad under 3 was tortured and murdered. I can't even bring myself to name the perpetrators.

 

[sooey]

I've never been one for community grieving, but just like kjacko I somehow felt a personal sense of loss when this child was taken and murdered.
It happened on a Friday afternoon I think and I spent quite a bit of that day driving in the county rd/ walton rd area.
If I remember right the body was found on the Monday and the terrible details started to leak out. Quite a lot of people me included were wondering if they might have seen something, might have done something...
At the time I could have killed those two kids, maybe that makes me worse than them.

 

[conny]

The scumbags were not abused, despite what you may read in any newspaper. They 'may' have been neglected to the point of being left to do what they wanted to do, and been brought up on violent videos and computer games, but they were never sexually abused or deprived of a warm bed, food and clothing.
They committed this act knowing full well that they couldn't back down in front of each other for fear of losing face to the other one. because of this a young child lost his life in an horrific manner and his parents have suffered this loss every day since, they will continue to suffer the pain of this until they to eventually die, which may be many years away yet.
The scumbags were given a 'punishment' and then a second chance. One of them chose to download child porn and now wants to be paroled. The other has tried to hide his past from his 'girlfriend' and wants to marry her.

Question.

You are a parent and you find out your daughter is 'courting' one of these pieces of filth. (Doesn't matter which one of them). Would you allow her to marry him?

 

[joe-90]

Well ban violent games and videos then. THAT is where the problem lies. They were just 10 years old, and brainwashed by bad parents and bad games. They should have joined the Cubs. Society is wrong - so change society. Get violence and sex off the TV. Get discipline back in the house and in the schools. Revenge against a couple of dumb kids is just plain mental.

 

[conny]

I'm not talking of revenge. I'm talking of making society safer by removing these, (and many others), from society and sending a message that any crime such as this should be severely punished by loss of your right to freedom and no privileges such as x-boxes, computers, mobile phones etc.
At 10 years of age I, and most others of our generation knew right from wrong and also knew what respect for others was. Sadly the 'do-gooders', who had probably never been the victim of a school bully/stressed parent etc, thought society was wrong to punish and that it was better to reward. What a huge mistake that was! And there must be many in authority, or have finished being in authority, who wished they had used their own common sense instead of being brainwashed by the media.

Lock them up and throw away the key. I certainly wouldn't lose any sleep over them!

 

[joe-90]

But it doesn't move society on does it? It doesn't address the problems.

 

[gasbanni]

The detective that interviewed the two murders commented about one of them that he was a scheming evil person....even at 10 and an accomplished
liar.

Whats wrong with revenge ?

“Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” Romans 12 !!!!!