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Oh, wait.....
How does violently shaking a baby have anything to do with culture or religion, for pete's sake.
How does violently shaking a baby have anything to do with culture or religion, for pete's sake.
But, who are we to judge cultures, given our backgrounds as Zionazi imperialists?
/Need I add this?
But, who are we to judge cultures, given our backgrounds as Zionazi imperialists?
/Need I add this?
He wasn't very culturally sensitive, was he...
//puke
//puke
Yup. Once you establish that different peoples in the same country will be judged by different laws, you're done as a nation...
I further more find it extremely worrying that there is a tone of anti-Muslim sentiment in this article, whether meant or not.
Why is it you thought that it was because the woman in question was a Muslim, that she was not jailed, and not because of the circumstances surrounding her. I realise it would be easy to jump the preverbial gun and indicate, without any facts that current religious tentions crept into the judge’s decision, but please, get real!
I do not condone the woman’s actions, far from it. I find the story horrible, much like the way you've commented upon it.
The post reads like indirect rabble raising to me.
Golly, Alastair, I can't imagine what might lead one to that conclusion ...
And this is not Michelle Malkin's blog, by the way.
It's not as if she's likely to pose any kind of threat from now on, so why compound one wrong with another?
What? Are you seriously expecting Malkin to cut and paste (or Max to mention) that part of the piece?
So, by your logic, there should be no prison terms for murder/manslaughter/child abuse as it "wrong"?
Seeing the topic is as it is how about all those honor killings (more than 100 I believe) that the British police won't investigate for certain cultural reasons?
I am not sure this judge didn't do the correct thing -- assuming he also did something to stop the husband from totally isolating his wife.
So, by your logic, there should be no prison terms for murder/manslaughter/child abuse as it "wrong"?
Most cases are going to involve either some malice, or some evidence that future harm might result from letting the criminal return immediately to society. In such cases, of course a custodial sentence would be appropriate.
But if you can tell me what purpose would be served by committing a frightened, isolated, uneducated woman to prison for a crime committed through ignorance, then I'd be happy to consider it.
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The heading for this post is inaccurate.
It's bigel, what do you expect?
just don't put her anywhere near a crying child?
Most cases are going to involve either some malice, or some evidence that future harm might result from letting the criminal return immediately to society. In such cases, of course a custodial sentence would be appropriate.
But if you can tell me what purpose would be served by committing a frightened, isolated, uneducated woman to prison for a crime committed through ignorance, then I'd be happy to consider it.
Infants are the most vulnerable members of our society. We need to protect them, not the people who inflict injury or death upon them. When they are repeatedly abused, it is my opinion that the abuser should serve time to understand the serious nature of their actions. She thought she was exorcising a demon? Perhaps. She still knew what she was doing was harming the infant. She was found to be mentally sound.
Fright and isolation is no excuse for doing this to a 5 month-old baby.
I remember, incredibly clearly, walking around our dining room one day with the crying baby, having gone through my entire repertoire of infant-quieting activities. The thought came to me to throw the baby against the wall just to get some quiet. I, obviously, didn't do it; but at that moment I came to understand why people with lesser resources do so. The clarity of the memory comes from my horror at what I contemplated momentarily.
This woman has had clearly explained to her, by the majesty of the law, the gravity of her misdeeds. She does not seem to me to be a long term abuser, just somebody, perhaps of lesser abilities, who failed in the face of circumstances outside of her experience and resources. First-time parents need the assistance and advice of old wives and their tales.
Thank you for your honesty and viewpoint.
But then she had a growth spurt and was nursing every two hours for an hour a time, and in between she wasn't very happy. Every time I put my head down she started crying. I maybe got 10 minutes sleep in 36 hours (after being sleep-deprived to start with).
I remember thinking that if I just put a pillow over her face I wouldn't hear the cries.
Luckily, even in my zombie-like state, I realised what would have happened, so I put her in her crib, walked out the room, and let her cry until the next feeding.
And this week is her final week as an undergraduate, so I guess it's a good job I didn't smother her ;-)
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