Admission of guilt?

The Bear · 29-03-2008, 08:37 AM

Very true but then again there’s the sort of crime that involves property, there’s the sort of crime that affects people directly, and there’s the sort of crime that attacks our way of life.

I accept that there is overlap, crime involving property often will leave scars on victims. Crimes against people, and by that I mean all forms of abuse, often affects that persons whole future life in many ways.

However crimes against our way of life, and by this I mean crime that attacks our society and our values, will spill over into other areas big time. Consequently to lump all these types of “crime” together and treat what results as if it was a single issue is, in my opinion, at best wrong and in fact dangerously stupid.

Recently there has been a bit of a fuss when it was leaked that terrorists were being released a few days early.

Although I can just about cope with the idea of a “Bill Sykes” or a white collar guy with sticky fingers being let walk a bit early, that a convicted terrorist should EVER be released, let alone released even a day early, is a thing that appals me.

Do this lunatic government and their equally lunatic judges not see that a terrorist is a terrorist and serving time banged up achieves NOTHING in the way of changing his motivation? It’s bad enough that paedophiles get let loose but terrorists?

It’s insane.

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29-03-2008, 08:37 AM	#11 (permalink)
The Bear Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: East Anglia Posts: 1,914	Very true but then again there’s the sort of crime that involves property, there’s the sort of crime that affects people directly, and there’s the sort of crime that attacks our way of life. I accept that there is overlap, crime involving property often will leave scars on victims. Crimes against people, and by that I mean all forms of abuse, often affects that persons whole future life in many ways. However crimes against our way of life, and by this I mean crime that attacks our society and our values, will spill over into other areas big time. Consequently to lump all these types of “crime” together and treat what results as if it was a single issue is, in my opinion, at best wrong and in fact dangerously stupid. Recently there has been a bit of a fuss when it was leaked that terrorists were being released a few days early. Although I can just about cope with the idea of a “Bill Sykes” or a white collar guy with sticky fingers being let walk a bit early, that a convicted terrorist should EVER be released, let alone released even a day early, is a thing that appals me. Do this lunatic government and their equally lunatic judges not see that a terrorist is a terrorist and serving time banged up achieves NOTHING in the way of changing his motivation? It’s bad enough that paedophiles get let loose but terrorists? It’s insane.