"The Todal" wrote in message
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> "Tommo" wrote in message
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>> On 12 Apr, 14:16, "The Todal" wrote:
>>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2055028,00.html
>>>
>>> "Ingram told the court that the boy "deliberately and quite
>>> disgustingly"
>>> coughed into his face. "It was a spit, frankly, into my face.""
>>>
>>> If a child deliberately spits into your face, as the child more or less
>>> admitted to doing, surely society ought to permit us as adults to grab
>>> the
>>> child and rebuke him, without being prosecuted for doing so?
>>>
>>> If not, well, it's part of the chain of events that leads to knife
>>> crime,
>>> frankly. The belief on the part of children that they can threaten you
>>> with
>>> a knife and you aren't allowed to hit back. I suppose the only
>>> permissible
>>> act was to run after the boy and say, politely, "please don't do that
>>> again
>>> or I shall summon a constable".
>>
>> I'm not sure that you can make the link between a cheeky spit/cough
>> and knife crime in one jump.
>
> I know I'm probably turning into a grumpy old fogey. But there was a time
> when a child wouldn't dare to be rude to an adult, or push him in the
> street, or spit at him, for fear of getting a smack round the head.
> Nowadays the prevailing philosophy is "if I hit you, you aren't allowed to
> hit back". Not unless you can prove it's self defence. If the person has
> passed you by and is no longer a threat to you, strictly speaking you
> aren't justified in running after him and grabbing him. Indeed, even
> shouting at him would techically be assault.
No you aren't a grumpy old f*rt;-) The bloody youth (a minority hopefully)
of today are load of **** because they know they are immune from any form of
retribution for their criminal activities!
> I think adults ought to be allowed to administer reasonable chastisement
> to an errant child.
Personnally, if what happened to the "Major" happened to me, I'd have
kicked the sh*t straight in the gooleys!
>> However, I do think that the individual who decided that it was in the
>> public interest to pursue the prosecution in the first place needs a
>> lesson in common sense. The police routinely ignore far more serious
>> matters, so why they thought this was appropriate to pursue (other
>> than to embarrass the Major) is beyond me.
>
> Agreed, but I don't like these laws which criminalise ordinary human
> behaviour and leave it to the mercy of the police whether or not to
> prosecute.
Not the Police! They charge them granted, but the CPS prosecute. I have a
feeling they consist mainly of women! Could that be the reason?
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