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THE LAST DITCH

What kind of country has Britain become? (Part II)

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Teenage sisters sentenced over plot to kill their grandfather, 89 | UK news | guardian.co.uk.

This beggars belief. As for the judge's concerns about the would-be murderers' youth and immaturity, my only question is this; how much 'maturity' does it take to know it's wrong to batter your granddad with housebricks? I am fairly sure I knew that before I could lift a brick.

I am also sick and tired of the use of the word 'vulnerable' as in;

The judge described the three girls as "vulnerable" and under the influence of the mother, adding that they had acted out of fear of her.

The 'vulnerable' person here was the dementia-sufferer attacked with deadly force. Not any of the brick-wielders. Some people have nasty parents but turn out nice. This proves it's possible. Therefore all who don't are responsible for their own nastiness.

I give it 24 hours before The Guardian is blaming you and me – with our shocking bourgeois focus on traditional morality – for this incident, so let me get our retaliation in first. The Guardian-reading, Fabian Society-supporting classes, with their relentless assault on morality, education and the nuclear family share the blame for this shocking attack. If only they could experience just one searing moment of self-awareness, that would be justice enough for me.

If I were this poor old gent, I would rather have died than know my family for what his are. Dementia is not normally considered a blessing, but perhaps in his case, it is.

6 responses to “What kind of country has Britain become? (Part II)”

  1. Angry Exile Avatar
    Angry Exile

    I saw that headline somewhere and just assumed it was going to be in America. Bloody hell!

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  2. Moggs Avatar
    Moggs

    I confess the idea of beating my Granddad to death with a brick never actually crossed my mind. And yes I would have know it was wicked if anyone suggested it.
    But I don’t know how much of that is just my natural born awesomeness ^_^ and how much my parents teaching me that even animals can feel fear and pain.
    How nightmarish to be raised and formed by a scumbag, how much difference does it make?
    You are right. Good people raise bad You read of that in the news and good people manage to come out of the worst situations and families, somehow raising themselves..
    Soul, Genetics or nurture?
    A person really does have to wonder about judges tho. I am sure some must be half sensible but so many do seem like they are trying to wreck stuff as much as anything else.

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  3. Suboptimal Planet Avatar
    Suboptimal Planet

    Well said, Moggs.
    I don’t believe in any sort of supernatural soul, and even if we had one, I think God would be ultimately to blame for any defects in it.
    But it’s best to behave as if we actually have free will, and hold people accountable for their actions.
    Tom is quite right that the blame for our current sick state of affairs lies with the “Guardian-reading, Fabian Society-supporting classes”.
    Whether they themselves are culpable for their deranged beliefs is a question for the philosophers. For my part, I’ll resist fatalism, and continue ranting.

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  4. Tom Paine Avatar
    Tom Paine

    I do not dispute your awesomeness, Moggs. I really don’t. But I do think that one area in which all mortals can aspire to match you is in knowing not to pulp their granddad with a brick.

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  5. Nixon is Lord Avatar
    Nixon is Lord

    Hey-in America, we have widely available firearms and the 2nd Amendment. Our psycho grandkids don’t have to whack anybody with bricks.

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  6. Tom Paine Avatar
    Tom Paine

    Touché. And do you also have judges who will agonise about the vulnerability of said psychos?

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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.

Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.

He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that

“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”

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