I've been here before...
I'be been down the road of blogging on capital punishment before in dealing with the senseless murders of Tokoroa school teacher Louis Dear, a others in recent months but you know what, this little kid in Starship hospital, beaten repeatedly by family members deserves a special mention.
But the five people arrested in connection with the beating of a three year old girl is simply an act of profound stupidity remanisent of that couple who beat their kid with anything from a vacumn cleaner pipe and claimed they did not know it was doing him any harm. Hell, what good was it doing?
The New Zealand Herald reports "police have said the girl was the victim of sustained abuse at a house in Rotorua, which one neighbour said included her being hung and spun on a clothesline and put in a tumble dryer. They said the abuse allegedly happened over a sustained period of three weeks." The abuse included, being attached to a washing line and spun, being hung out on a tree, and thrown in tumble dryer? Are they mental? Should we try this on them, I know those laundramat dryers can be pretty big and hold a decent sized adult. Lets put it on spin with one of them in it.
"Mr Loper said the little girl came very close to dying and the abuse was about as serious as it could get." Well, I have to disagree with you on that one Detective Senior Sergeant. As serious as it could get would be death, and with the possibility that this child is going to have brain damage, should this child pull though, the damage is done for the rest of this childs life!
In my view, when it comes to child abuse there is no excuse. THIS IS WHAT SUE BRADFORDS bill was designed to prevent and now we see that the scenario has not changed, only the methods. I don't think that the law though, sadly will punish the people responsible to the greatest extent. They need to be drawn out. Strung up if this kid dies. Why spend thousands of tax payer dollars each year per person to hold them in our jail cells which are pretty full anyways.
I heard 'child advocate' Christine Rankin yesterday calling for a commission of enquiry into child abuse. More money thrown at someone to look at why we are so bad as a nation in the care of children. There has been report after report, after report into this matter. WHY ANOTHER ONE!!! Allow the law to its fullest extent to be used. What the heck is the commissioner for Children doing to earn her large salary? What is CYPS doing?
This debate could go on for years and years as to the value of capital punishment. But in cases like these we can see two things. The Anti Smacking bill's done nothing and was a pointless waste of time, and two, we are still abusing our children as a nation. Those that survive the abuse somehow will have that built into them that its ok to do this. Its ok to hit, smash, stuff into things, string out on a line.
Ok...I used to hang my little brother on the clothesline too. But you know what the difference was? It was a child bouncy chair that was supposed to be attached to one of the metal poles of the line. I doubt this child got to experience that. Unlike my brother, I doubt that this child was laughing and giggling.
For me, if found guilty, I'd like to see these people arrested given some of their own treatment.
But the five people arrested in connection with the beating of a three year old girl is simply an act of profound stupidity remanisent of that couple who beat their kid with anything from a vacumn cleaner pipe and claimed they did not know it was doing him any harm. Hell, what good was it doing?
The New Zealand Herald reports "police have said the girl was the victim of sustained abuse at a house in Rotorua, which one neighbour said included her being hung and spun on a clothesline and put in a tumble dryer. They said the abuse allegedly happened over a sustained period of three weeks." The abuse included, being attached to a washing line and spun, being hung out on a tree, and thrown in tumble dryer? Are they mental? Should we try this on them, I know those laundramat dryers can be pretty big and hold a decent sized adult. Lets put it on spin with one of them in it.
"Mr Loper said the little girl came very close to dying and the abuse was about as serious as it could get." Well, I have to disagree with you on that one Detective Senior Sergeant. As serious as it could get would be death, and with the possibility that this child is going to have brain damage, should this child pull though, the damage is done for the rest of this childs life!
In my view, when it comes to child abuse there is no excuse. THIS IS WHAT SUE BRADFORDS bill was designed to prevent and now we see that the scenario has not changed, only the methods. I don't think that the law though, sadly will punish the people responsible to the greatest extent. They need to be drawn out. Strung up if this kid dies. Why spend thousands of tax payer dollars each year per person to hold them in our jail cells which are pretty full anyways.
I heard 'child advocate' Christine Rankin yesterday calling for a commission of enquiry into child abuse. More money thrown at someone to look at why we are so bad as a nation in the care of children. There has been report after report, after report into this matter. WHY ANOTHER ONE!!! Allow the law to its fullest extent to be used. What the heck is the commissioner for Children doing to earn her large salary? What is CYPS doing?
This debate could go on for years and years as to the value of capital punishment. But in cases like these we can see two things. The Anti Smacking bill's done nothing and was a pointless waste of time, and two, we are still abusing our children as a nation. Those that survive the abuse somehow will have that built into them that its ok to do this. Its ok to hit, smash, stuff into things, string out on a line.
Ok...I used to hang my little brother on the clothesline too. But you know what the difference was? It was a child bouncy chair that was supposed to be attached to one of the metal poles of the line. I doubt this child got to experience that. Unlike my brother, I doubt that this child was laughing and giggling.
For me, if found guilty, I'd like to see these people arrested given some of their own treatment.
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