tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post469651801584322427..comments2024-03-17T09:17:01.454+00:00Comments on Vic the Vicar!: How to cut the crime rate at a stroke!Vic Van Den Berghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09581156515370131898noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-59997002849096492932013-05-10T14:00:59.902+01:002013-05-10T14:00:59.902+01:00Confused? I certainly am!
So is he a 'do'...Confused? I certainly am!<br /><br />So is he a 'do' or 'done to'?<br /><br />Thought he was a very nice bloke :-)Vic Van Den Berghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09581156515370131898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-57622123961339128392013-05-10T13:50:09.116+01:002013-05-10T13:50:09.116+01:00Let it begin with David Hope.Let it begin with David Hope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-16158674494631431232013-05-10T08:30:41.775+01:002013-05-10T08:30:41.775+01:00Indeed!
Protecting the weak and vulnerable;changi...Indeed!<br /><br />Protecting the weak and vulnerable;changing the behaviour of the wicked is surely what we seek to do. The whole point of prison is both deterrent and agent for modified attitudes and behaviour - Vengeance satisfies something (wrong) in us rather than achieves this :-(Vic Van Den Berghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09581156515370131898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-8245549630661044662013-05-10T07:22:56.905+01:002013-05-10T07:22:56.905+01:00I read the post from the Barrister with disbelief,...I read the post from the Barrister with disbelief, not in a judgmental sense, but in the way it described abuse in terms of minor or major issues. I'm not sure that the victims of such abuse don't discriminate the hurt and suffering and pain they've endured, sometimes for generations in that way.<br /><br />Because, her words victimise the victims over again, singling them out basically as 'moaners or complainers' not victims, while their abusers are 'old men', deserving of special treatment.<br /><br />Justice and Mercy are two sides of the same coin, but they need to be balanced towards the protection of innocence and the victims of abuse, while seeking to get the abusers to accept their sin or guilt and to make recompense, whether this is through prison or some form of restorative justice, which has some meaning for both victim and abuser, based on mutual recognition of the harm done, and the repentance of the abuser.<br /><br />The thing that I find so difficult is the perception that we need to satisfy the lust for revenge from some sectors of the media and the public. It's the victims that count, not public opinion.UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.com