Paedophile murdered in prison.

[securespark]

You're all missing the point entirely.

It is not reasonable nor acceptable for anyone to take the law into their own hands and decide to mete out additional punishment because they believe the wrong-doer should be punished further.

Talking of lynch mobs, do you remember that vigilante gang that went round to a house and daubed offensive graffiti outside. Why?

It belonged to a Paediatrician, and those idiots thought a paedophile lived there.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...ack-People-dont-want-no-paedophiles-here.html

Now imagine that gang had found someone at home, or worse, in the front garden. What if they had attacked that person and injured or killed them?

LMB/ JBR: You just cannot lock someone up for something they have not done yet, or for something they may do in the future.

As I have said before and will continue to say, if you don't like the way the current system works, you must fight to change it lawfully.

You cannot take the law into your own hands. That would bring about total anarchy

 

[JBR]

As I have said before and will continue to say, if you don't like the way the current system works, you must fight to change it lawfully.

But I do like the way the current system works. Paedophile sent to jail - fellow prisoners find out what he is - paedophile gets what he deserves!

And to counter your reference to the paediatrician, I'm not making excuses for those uneducated yobs, but consider this: if everyone could be assured that paedophiles were being punished properly, people would not be encouraged to act the vigilante.

 

[ellal]

maybe the 'lynch mob' numpties on here would like to comment on these two articles and how to reconcile the two...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...i-wrongly-accused-of-paedophilia-8909228.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24772777

After all the numpties seem to believe there is 'no smoke without fire'...

 

[securespark]

consider this: if everyone could be assured that paedophiles were being punished properly, people would not be encouraged to act the vigilante.

They are being punished by the laws of this country. If people think that is insufficient, it is NOT on to go vigilante. They must fight to change the laws!

They must not take the law into their own hands!!!

I don't know HOW anyone can see this as acceptable.

 

[conny]

Norcon, try to put yourself in the place of the parents and tell me how you would feel knowing this scum bag would still be able to repeat his crimes after serving his sentence. How long would you want his sentence to be?

But more importantly, how long would you want his sentence to be if you knew, that whilst serving his sentence, he was bragging about everything he had done to your daughter and bragging about it by talking explicitly about every detail.

Even hardened criminals have their limits as to what they will tolerate from a boaster, but when it comes to boasting about what he did to a young girl then even their limits are quickly reached and they will act accordingly.

Its time you faced reality, there are evil bast ards out there and they deserve everything they get in prison.

 

[JBR]

And do-gooders are their friends.

 

[securespark]

JBR:

Are you suggesting that keeping to the law and avoiding lawlessness and vigilante, lynch mob-type situations amounts to being a do-gooder?

I'm not condoning their behaviour!!

Just saying that if you don't like the punishments they're getting, you have to lobby the authorities for change, not deal out your own additional punishment or condone those that do.

 

[JBR]

Did I say that you were a do-gooder?

However, I do know there are many. You hear them bleating on the TV almost every other day.

 

[AronSearle]

It is not reasonable nor acceptable for anyone to take the law into their own hands and decide to mete out additional punishment because they believe the wrong-doer should be punished further.

Actually it's perfectly acceptable to do this if society at large thinks the punishments given are inadequate and justice has not be served or performed.

It may not sound very nice, but for society to work properly (as in to a decent standard, and not like various ****holes around the world), the justice system needs to be seen to be largely working, and applying justice.

Stories like the ones linked to about vigilante justice, are a result of the system not working properly.

If people feel they have to serve justice, they don't have jails, so all they can do is beat or kill.

 

[securespark]

You wanna live in a world like that?

Imagine you ran over and killed a child. Awful, but these things happen.

You would probably go to court and if blame was apportioned to you, face charges. Whatever the outcome, you would be dealt with by the legal system.

Would you want to be looking over your shoulder for the rest of your life because the father is hell-bent on "an eye for an eye"?

 

[joe-90]

No hypotheticals please.

 

[EddieM]

Have to agree with SS here. not going to post much, but his point is correct IMHO.

 

[securespark]

No hypotheticals please.

That's a laugh: hypothetical is your middle name.

 

[ellal]

No hypotheticals please.

That's a laugh: hypothetical is your middle name.

Isn't it actually 'hypathetic'?

 

[JBR]

No hypotheticals please.

That's a laugh: hypothetical is your middle name.

I thought it was hyperrepetitive!