“You need to identify this man before someone kills me”
David Calvert
No, they need to restore order and reason before someone kills you.
I hope the tabloids are pleased with themselves when someone does get hurt.
Listen to Yourselves
March 11th, 2010 § 2 comments
Hi Maffu-
I’ve followed this case from the beginning, as I had a toddler almost the same age at the time. The photo from the shopping area still sticks in my head almost two decades later.
I’ve got mixed feelings about what’s going on over there right now…I see the govt’s side, and I know that the hysteria that the media is stirring up can’t end well, but then again, the guy had an incarceration that was far better for him than his home life would have been–he was treated with kid gloves and provided with education, entertainment, and protection. He was released by the govt with stipulations…stay within the lines set by and for the rest of us and you can live your life. He had his chance, he’s now an adult, just as responsible as you and me for obeying the rules and laws of society. If you or I were charged with a crime, our name would be public record. If his new crime is a crime of violence or abuse, then I think maybe knowing who and where and what he is isn’t a bad thing. Well, except probably for him.
Like I say, I’m conflicted. I tend to lean more toward the thought that he’s useless and a burden on society and those who govern.
I hear what you’re saying DJ, and I agree with much of it, but the Law should not be decided upon by the mob or changed to facilitate vengeance. Nor should it be enacted in rage.
As distasteful (ok, that’s a weak word for the horror of what he did) as Venables’ original crimes were, the sentence he was given was served. For his new crimes while on license – and remember, nobody knows what they were – his liberty has been taken from him again.
This is all as it should be and, being off the streets, he poses no danger to anyone. We don’t have the death sentence in this country, but that is pretty much what this mob is calling for, under the guise of safety fears.
At best, to release Venables’ identity now would serve no purpose but to quiet the jeering mob, fired up by the tabloid media. At worst, it would be analogous to the Sheriff walking away from the jail as the lynch mob pours in.