Baby P's stepfather scalded in Jail

I would definitely feel resentment towards you, but would I physically harm you? No I would not. I can accept that you are screwed up in the head and that from a logical point of view you aren't really responsible for the death of my son. Sure emotionally i'll be totally pissed at you, and thats putting it lightly, but I would try my utmost not to physically harm you.

I would definitely feel resentment towards you, but would I physically harm you? No I would not. I can accept that you are screwed up in the head and that from a logical point of view you aren't really responsible for the death of my son. Sure emotionally i'll be totally pissed at you, and thats putting it lightly, but I would try my utmost not to physically harm you.

To support physical violence against anyone, regardless of whether they are a prisoner, and regardless of whether they are convicted of a hideous crime, is barbaric. It is completely backward to be pleased that this attack has happened. Anyone who thinks so can be proud that they have a sense of justice and decency equal to that of the prison inmates. The most distressing thing about crimes such as the horrible death of Baby P is the reaction they provoke in a supposedly civilised society. Fortunately, these reactions tend to limited to the sort of reactionary armchair moralist who comments on the Daily Mail website, and as such is unlikely to do anything else other than move on to tut and shake their head over Cheryl Cole's latest interview in their happy little glow of moral indignation.

Have I said this? No I have not. I've said I'm not happy with his short jail sentence, but neither am I happy with him being physically attacked.

Tell me, with Karma does it only apply to humans or does it apply to animals as well, say if I tortured kittens for fun, would it be justified for boiling water to be thrown at me?

Yes.

No, because their justification for the violence in this case is from a sick 'human' who has no place in this society. Therefore it is justifiable. If it were violence to a completely innocent, decent human or to someone for racial or other discriminatory reasons, then there is cause for concern. However because it can be justified (to an extent) it's not so bad. It shows there is at least a line being drawn between right and wrong, which is good for a productive society.

Because commiting an action like this isn't normal. In no way am I suggesting we let people off of reduce the prison sentences, I am in favour of longer prison sentences and strict rehabilitation programs to try and 'fix' people who have been screwed up mentally for once reason or another.

Tell me, would you be willing to do it to him, to poke out his eyes with burning hot pokers and hear his screams as you do it? Would you be willing to throw him back into a cold dark pit as he begs you for mercy, blind and broken on the floor in front of you?

If you truely think you could do this, I feel sorry for you.



Is violence the answer? Does violence stop him doing this again? No it doesn't, it doesn't help anyone apart from giving other people the same sick pleasure he got when he hurt baby p. You can't justify it when it doesn't achieve anything.

Tell me, would you be willing to do it to him, to poke out his eyes with burning hot pokers and hear his screams as you do it? Would you be willing to throw him back into a cold dark pit as he begs you for mercy, blind and broken on the floor in front of you?

If you truely think you could do this, I feel sorry for you.

Tell me, would you be willing to do it to him, to poke out his eyes with burning hot pokers and hear his screams as you do it? Would you be willing to throw him back into a cold dark pit as he begs you for mercy, blind and broken on the floor in front of you?

If you truely think you could do this, I feel sorry for you.



Is violence the answer? Does violence stop him doing this again? No it doesn't, it doesn't help anyone apart from giving other people the same sick pleasure he got when he hurt baby p. You can't justify it when it doesn't achieve anything.

I think there may be something wrong with you. If I had a child, son or daughter, and someone harmed them, I couldn't be held responsible for any action I took against them.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1250715/Baby-Ps-stepfather-scalded-napalm-attack.html

I just saw this on a facebook group my friend had joined - "The prisioner that chucked boiling water in baby p's stepdads face "

This group has now got 65000 fans in under two days, does this worry anyone else that so many people think violence is justified towards criminals? I know the man is horrible but how can people think its right to throw boiling water at someones face? I just don't understand it.

Further on the article itself, looking at comments made and the ratings on them, the worst rated comment (-2155 thumbs) was

and the best rated (+1854) was


Does it worry you that so many people think violence is justified and that they can't see how wanting this man to suffer pain is almost as bad as him inflicting pain on others?

I agree with you OP, I really do not agree with the eye for an eye philosophy. People taking such delight in hurting someone is ****** up, its no better than what the person did in the first place.

I don't support this, his punishment is the time in jail and the violence is unfair.

I hardly think there is anything wrong with, I don't believe that violence is the way forward. That is a entirely rational thing to do, when has violence ever helped? I understand you would feel upset and would want to commit violence to the person who did it, but you must overcome that to make yourself a better person. Tell me, how do you think the family of the person who killed your child would feel if you killed him in return?

And you can and would be held responsible for your actions. You have a choice just like he does. If an unfortunate event like this does ever happen to you, I sincerly hope you will use that choice and choose non-violent methods.