Petetheblu
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goater1978 said:Petetheblu said:Rascal said:I wouldnt defend rape, i would defend the right of a person who is convicted of a crime of the right to rejoin society. The point many here miss is that if you preclude that right you only increase the likelihood of reoffending as they are left on the margins of society.
Without the chance of rehabilitation the whole criminal justice system is pointless
A lot of it is pointless though Rasc.
Rape should have a sentence of 25 years if found guilty.
To rape someone you have to pick your victim, get them somewhere quiet, get an erection, over power them and then follow out the deed. Thats several moments where you could and would think wtf am I doing here and stop. The fact that they don't stop is what makes them an animal.
In the meantime someone has to recover from the substained physical injuries, bruises, lacerations, broken bones and strangulation. Then theres the mental scars which will never heal (I couldn't imagine how bad that must be). And it's not just the victim it's family friends and associates or the guilt of anyone that was out with the victim that night.
Rape is a life changing trauma for the victims.....so why should the likes of Evans get 2-3 years and then be allowed to just get on with his life or start again. The guy had several (as above) chances to stop what he was doing, to get a grip, however the as a decent member of society he didn't and thats why in my eyes he should still be in prison, banged up for another twenty years.
Why do we have to tolerate this??
This isn't aimed at you rasc, you're a much brighter man than me, but the "bloke done bad, serves time and then does good" can't be used on all criminals as the law it self is just shite and in many cases unjust.
You obviously have no idea about what rape is. You seem to be basing your knowledge of it on an episode of cracker.
Rape is when you don't get consent. You don't have to be wearing a balaclava, holding a knife and stalking your victim. If your wife says no and you ignore that then that is rape. In ched's case he nailed a drunk girl who was too drunk to provide consent. A terrible crime but one that bears no relation to your ridiculous example.
Although I do like your example of a good lad would question himself mid rape and stop raping.
You're an idiot.
And what right have you to call me an idiot?
A little bit about me: I've spent 26 years as a paramedic working on a front line ambulance and in that time I've cared for and attended many rape victims, men, women and sadly children. I have seen on first hand the things I mentioned above, it's not fiction. Some of the victims have been raped moments before and some have later tried to take their own lives due to the mental torture, rape isn't something you just brush away I'm sorry to say goater.
I'm sad to think that you may think I've gained my knowledge from a TV program as all my knowledge is from real life incidents. Not all have broken bones, however I'm sure they'd all swap a broken bone for the mental scars that won't mend after six weeks.
I met family and friends of the abused and seen how it's destroyed relationships and I've seen fear in the eyes of the raped when I was just there to help.... I'm not going to go on anymore as quite frankly it hurts.
Thats my experience anyway, I'm not an idiot I'm just speaking from the heart. True I'm not the sharpish tool however on this one I will hold my own.