Originally posted by Syren
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/4599524.stmFirst of all, initial reactions to this? I was so horrified I found it very difficult to believe that it happened. A 12-week old baby? I couldn't see it as even possible...
The worst thing is, French is due to serve only 5 years in a young offender's institute because, basically, she was 'led astray'. I'm sorry, but partaking in petty crime, smoking underage, stealing your parents' alcohol and topping it up with water, these things can be considered a part of someone being led astray. But this woman isn't a child and as far as I am concerned it takes a lot more than a 'please, it'll be fun' from a boyfriend to make someone participate in such a hideous act.
What do you think? I'm not even going to ask if you think the sentences are too light. Of course they are.
Originally posted by debbiejo
If you lived in the US you would of understood, I think...Growing prisions are a problem here.
If you had have a point I would have understood it.
Originally posted by PVS
well it alluded to the point...in a nonsensical kind of way....meh forget it
BTW, did you also have the impression that first she just said something totally unnecessary and then jsut reposted one of your earlier post to seem less nonsensical?
Originally posted by Bardock42
BTW, did you also have the impression that first she just said something totally unnecessary and then jsut reposted one of your earlier post to seem less nonsensical?
truthfully...i really wasnt paying much attention. but like she said, its a commonly known american problem. if you go to america and say "prison" and "back yard" in the same sentence people know the topic right away, and its the fact that our criminal population has been exploding for quite some time with no fix in sight.
It is rape because rape is sexual intercourse without consent. A child of 13 or under cannot legally give consent.
Originally posted by DanieLs_4_Ever
Personally, excuse my language, but I think the f*ckers should die. A BABY? People are so disgusting these days.
This kind of reaction is why I hate the media. Manipulative, trouble-making idiots.
I fully agree that this crime is sickening. However, in my eyes, the fact of her being 12 weeks old is merely a weird aspect of the case, and marks it out from other such cases because it's not the usual age.
What I do not agree with, is this attitude of 'Oh my God! 12 weeks! That's twice as bad as 24 weeks! And, at least...*calculating* TWENTY-SIX times worse than 6 years old!'
A child being raped is a terrible thing, at any age: don't feel the need to muster up extra outrage when the age lessens- in fact, I'm sure the effect is more likely to be lasting- mentally- as the age increases. Unless it's not the effect that's important, but the amount of hysteria generated.
No matter how big the tabloids make the font on the words 'BABY RAPE', the man isn't actually extra amounts of big-font evil. Not like those other ones, a guys? At least they wait a while.
Hypocrisy.
Re: Babysitters Rape 12-week Old Baby
Originally posted by Syren
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/4599524.stmFirst of all, initial reactions to this? I was so horrified I found it very difficult to believe that it happened. A 12-week old baby? I couldn't see it as even possible...
The worst thing is, French is due to serve only 5 years in a young offender's institute because, basically, she was 'led astray'. I'm sorry, but partaking in petty crime, smoking underage, stealing your parents' alcohol and topping it up with water, these things can be considered a part of someone being led astray. But this woman isn't a child and as far as I am concerned it takes a lot more than a 'please, it'll be fun' from a boyfriend to make someone participate in such a hideous act.
What do you think? I'm not even going to ask if you think the sentences are too light. Of course they are.
What....the ****.
That's just...pathetic.
Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
It is rape because rape is sexual intercourse without consent. A child of 13 or under cannot legally give consent.This kind of reaction is why I hate the media. Manipulative, trouble-making idiots.
I fully agree that this crime is sickening. However, in my eyes, the fact of her being 12 weeks old is merely a weird aspect of the case, and marks it out from other such cases because it's not the usual age.
What I do not agree with, is this attitude of 'Oh my God! 12 weeks! That's twice as bad as 24 weeks! And, at least...*calculating* TWENTY-SIX times worse than 6 years old!'
A child being raped is a terrible thing, at any age: don't feel the need to muster up extra outrage when the age lessens- in fact, I'm sure the effect is more likely to be lasting- mentally- as the age increases. Unless it's not the effect that's important, but the amount of hysteria generated.
No matter how big the tabloids make the font on the words 'BABY RAPE', the man isn't actually extra amounts of big-font evil. Not like those other ones, a guys? At least they wait a while.
Hypocrisy.