ksl wrote:
I think you should read this
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... on.justice and this link
http://forum.singaporeexpats.com/ftopic ... sc-30.html There is enough source information.
But you are right it is barbaric, mostly because many of these crimes are barbaric, my own mother was mugged on her doorstep own doorstep, she was 83 years old at the time, i have a front page clipping somewhere of the incident, just one of many incident she has had to deal with in what used to be a nice area. Problem is that most people don't give a toss, because it doesn't involve them, they can afford to live in a more controlled environment.
I wonder what happened to the human rights you preach. Barbarians are treated with barbaric methods, and i have no qualms whatsoever of doing the whipping myself at the time of the incidents, though you are right, that it shouldn't have to come to that. But crime pays in many countries these days and there will laways be animals to deal with.
The police need to be watched too, as they do frame anyone that fits the picture in UK, until the opposite is proved, if you have no witnesses to prove your innocence, then you are a target victim, for an early end to a crime, it doesn't matter to them if they can get away with it, some even get promoted for results and move up the chain of command.
Oh, you've edited your post after I've answered. No fair
Sorry to hear about your mam though, I hope she's alright now. Crime and punishment is an emotive subject, especially if you've been at the wrong end of it. We were robbed a couple of times, and I would have gladly skinned the culprit for the effect it had on our lad who was four at the time
'Mom, is the man coming back to take my toys' However, this is why we have laws, and the judicial system, because if it was left up to us, the punishment meted out would serve our sense of outrage, rather than to suit the crime. Vigilante mobs killing a robber for example, since when was the punishment for robbery, death?
I share your views about coppers though. It's got to the stage now where you can't even protest at being stopped, or refuse to divulge your identity. You'd be hauled off to the station, under some rubbish Act or another. Gone were the days when you could show them the prongs when you feel like it. Not that I ever did, of course...