still don't think you can or should be tried as an adult at 10. whether their sentence was long enough? i'm not sure.

I'd just like to say, in light of some of the replies I recieved after my posts last night, that I am sorry if I angered or upset anyone. Maybe some of you thought my ideas to be too extreme, just as I find some of your opinions to be.

I'm not a parent. I know many of you are and I know you love your children dearly and would do anything to protect them. Understand that I would never, ever wish any harm to befall them or you.

How to treat paedophiles and child-abusers is, and the number of posts are a testament to this, a divisive issue. I don't want to be drawn into another long-winded argument so I'll try to avoid saying anything more contentious. I'll end on this, the fact that I am heartened by the passion obviously felt by so many of you with regards to this subject. It shows we care. And it is this that will hopefully one day see a resolution to this problem, for better or worse.

I was 7 when James Bulger was killed, so I didn't know anything of it. But I remembered my mum mentioning how this beautiful boy was murdered.

So after seeing the Bulger case mentioned here, I looked up articles on what happened. I must say, never have I heard of such an eerie, and sickening crime in my life. Just what went on that afternoon blows my mind, how 10 year olds can do that, what went through the mind of little James, what exactly did they do.

The whole thing has drilled a hole in my heart. I can't imagine what it would have been like had I experienced the thing in real time.

You may have known, but that's part of the problem with this country - many kids are not being brought up to know right from wrong. The schools blame the parents, the parents blame the schools, but no-one does anything about it.

That's just the ramblings of a madman

bring back the death penalty and get rid of all the scum or let the parents and family have 10mins with him/her alone in a room

"GERTCHA"

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How anyone can defend Huntley is beyond me!
He is a sick calculating pervert who deserves nothing short of a death penalty of which i firmly believe would be an easy way out for him.
If he was in a middle Eastern country he would probably be stoned to death(good).
Maybe i don`t or cannot understand mentally sick people but it must stem from somewhere.
As mentioned above the family values have dissapeared in this country there is no discipline i society anymore and if parents cannot bring up their kids with any morals or give them a thick ear when they need it then im affraid society is just going to be awfull for the likes of my under 2 son.
I was only saying to my wife the other day about simple good values in life ie Manners / Respect / Kindness and we both agreed that the parents are the major player in guiding our children.
Unfortunatley as schools have changed where they cannot cane or punish children anymore like thay did in our school then the fear factor in children is not there and then it turns the opposite way ie the teacher fears the child.
When i was young i was pertrified if a policeman or a teacher had a problem with either myself or friend and worst of all if ever my parents were to be contacted by either of them the shame alone would be punishment enough.
Times have changed for the worse since i left school and i am sure that kids know the difference between right and wrong at a very young age probably under 10 as mentioed by Bexter above and in my opinion if the child doesn`t then the parents have got it wrong.
I am not in favour of forgiveness when Murder in the sickest nature has happened to mere innocents who were helpless and in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Maybe its because im not a religous person as i believe that they are the only ones who could forgive Huntley for his acts perhaps thats why i do not get involved in religion and rightly so.
Before anyone gives it large anti death penalty comments just think for a second and think if only this could deter a few stupid killings it would be well worth it!

GT

Edited by Geoff Thomas (13 Mar 2004 12:35am)

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