Stoning to death and cutting off hands, all done with dignity. So we now agree
this is the way forward in dealing with criminals, whether they are found
guilty by an unbiased court, or kangaroo court where gifts under the table can
turn the tables for an innocent man or woman, or a child we recently saw having
a CAR wheel run over the child's arm for stealing.
Surely he was due to have his hand cut off, but was it his age or the fact he
only stole to eat, because he was hungry that this punishment fitted the crime.
We ought to take a good hard look at our Courts & the authorities who permit
the guilty to roam the streets but punish instead those who cannot "gift under
the table".
The guilty are also the so-called unscrupulous lawyers, the corrupt police or
politician. THOSE are the ones who we ought to sort out FIRST before we can
claim Goa / India is a democracy with the law behind it, every step of the way.
I have said my peace regarding this incident of child molestation in my
previous post & taken this into account, we should also persevere with naming
and shaming the authorities and individuals who are responsible for the upkeep
of law and order, so that we can witness ourselves that justice is SEEN to be
done, and done according to law.
The law itself in some countries is behind Goa's ideals by 200 years, it does
not make either law right, or wrong. But if we have consciences we must be
able to put JUSTICE before emotions, the Courts are there to help PROVE without
a shadow of doubt (under table gifting aside, these people ought to be
prosecuted if found guilty & a prison sentence imposed for corruption, there is
no other way, a minimum sentence & a large fine with confiscation of property
etc as they do with drug dealers & pimps etc).
No more stoning please, no more cutting off hands or other parts, its just
not on. If you feel that secure in the Arabian countries, then good for you.
I just hope nobody accuses you (falsely or otherwise) of commiting an offence
which will mean parting with a hand or leg, or maybe even heaved up a crane by
your neck in the market square on a Friday just before prayers........ just to
appease a sense of vengence.
This is not justice in the 21st Century.
We must have more reform of the authorities, the police, the prosecutors &
others, to ensure a JUST and FAIR verdict. Also help for the perpetrators of
crime, after all if they cannot be cured, by the means we have today, then
imprisonment for life or a long term in a hospitalised environment is the JUST
way to do it. Of course, as I said before, if it was MY CHILD I would probably
take a different view, but I would like to be stopped from commiting the acts
that were in my mind, in a time of madness & on the verge of murder, bodily
mutilation of the person who attacked any one or both of my daughters!
There has to be some form of punishment for all crimes, but also
rehabilitation ought to be considered for non-violent or crimes against another
human being, or non-sexual crimes.
We must improve our justice system.
It will be another 200 years before there is any change in the Arab World, as
far as they are concerned the Holy Quoran stipulates there must be stoning for
adulterous liasons, and cutting off of limbs for various misdeeds. I have a
copy of the Holy Quoran, it in Arabic with English translation (it was gifted
---- over the table----to me by a Saudi Arabian student on the birth of my
daughter-----some 16 years and 9 months ago), along with his condolences
because our first child was a daughter (that's another story, but I
digress................).
The Catholic Bible has similar ideals for justice being metted out for
anti-social behaviour. We do not see Mapuca market being the centre stage for
the weekly stoning of adulterers and cutting off bits of your neighbours behind
for the naughty party the previous week-end!
I dont mean to make fun or make light the seriousness of child molestation,
but really do we need to kill ANYONE for errornous behaviour if a SERIOUS JAIL
SENTENCE ranging from 10 years for fondling to LIFE (meaning the rest of your
natural LIFE) for sexual assault will deter anyone from commiting such offences
against children?
Of course not, otherwise the thieves who learned their lessons in Jeddah
market on a friday, including the stoning, hanging, decapitation and shooting
of criminals in various parts of the world stopped ANY of the crimes being
commited again?
There must be a mountain of hands in a well somewhere. Perhaps we ought to
use this punishment for both parties when "gifting under the
table................" ??
Of course not, its tempting to have this as a punishment on the statute books
but its not the way forward. We MUST get rid of the corruption first, then the
Courts can do their job. The Courts are NOT corrupt, the judges have to be
guided by the law, but the human beings who are vunerable to accepting a bit of
bribery are the ones who need to be removed from society, for an agreed term.
This term should be decided by the judges who are the people who dish out the
punishments and are the ones who see on a daily basis several cases a day, and
have a pretty good idea how to deal with criminals.
IF we are unhappy with the judgements, then we ought to say so. The
politicians also need to get their act together & those who have vested
financial interests over a certain sum of money ought to declare this to
Parliament and their local constituency also. This will keep the corrupt in
line, and those who are KNOWN to be corrupt, removed.
We can then sleep safely in our beds at night, knowing that the next person
who commits an offence, has nobody but himself or herself to blame for the
offence, but we must put a cap on age of responsibility, for minor offences, no
more cars run over childrens' hands or arms, no more chopping off hands for
stealing, and no more slaps on the wrist for the child molester, or a battering
by a raging and angry mob, filled with hate for someone who has not even been
proved in Court of Law that he was guilty of fondling the child.
Even if he WAS found guilty, we ough to have an appropriate sentence with
some form of detention in a mental disorder clinic, sex offenders register or
the like, to keep an eye on this person for the rest of his or her life.
NO MORE CHOPPING BITS OFF please, this is as offensive as the original crime.
John Monteiro
Berkshire, England.
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.....the very next day the same man is walking out of the jail.......... if
this little girl was your own daughter how would you have reacted to this
situation........as you know our ministers have their links everywhere and a
small under-table gift will close the case..........On the other hand Mr.
Cornel Stoning to death even was enforced much before BC, and to date is still
implemented with dignity in Arabian Gulf along with Public killing of criminals
and chopping hands of thieves. which I have personally witnessed while in Saudi
Arabia.
Sanny de Quepem
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Heaven forbid if the girl had mistakenly identified an
innocent man..........Heaven forbid if such an
innocent man were my father, brother........................
selma
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