Tuesday, January 16, 2007

The rapist

After some further thought, the rapist already referred to said he "just wanted to have sex". Pretty much like he just wanted pizza except he didn't steal that.

People like this are emotionally stunted. They have the thought processes of very young children but the needs and drives of adults, which makes them unpredictable and dangerous.

Beyond the remand facilities being full, I cannot understand why he was granted bail. Add to that, he has now seen himself portrayed in the media being 'staunch' (making foul gestures) and with his severely limited moral capacities is probably feeling quite pleased with himself. Soon he will be wanting more attention.

It seems to me that justice officials are constantly taking unacceptable risks with public safety. The unavoidable conclusion is we must build more lock- up facilities, especially for young offenders. Whatever follows that is a secondary consideration.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yeh??
Why not simply a social incompetent, relatively skill-less in respect to both making & maintaining relationships & in coping with the attention his incompetence & excess has evoked??

Anonymous said...

I feel a need to correct the above (it pays to read the story first) - more likely an arrogant, conscience-less, hedonistic chap who sees immediate gratification as his prerogative - and sees all of this as 'normal.' Not an uncommon belief amongst certain members of our society ... indeed an attitude quite common in the community in which I grew up. The behaviour only very occasionally occurring outside of that group though.

Lindsay Mitchell said...

Amoral or immoral?

Anonymous said...

Whose perspective??