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Originally Posted by Maggy J
Seems to me that by saying it's racial detracts from the crime.It also seems to make an offence that allegedly racial in nature worse than if it is just a run of the mill murder/rape/mugging..It's as if it has a deeper degree of offence because of the racial element.There really shouldn't be any degree of difference.
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I see what you are saying Maggie and i do agree ,there are not different levels of rape .I don't think that racial motivation (if that was the case in this instance)should be ignored though ,it shouldn't be counted in sentencing but should be dealt with as a separate issue in criminal cases .Using this case as an example wouldn't it have been better to try the cases as rape cases, sentence and then have a separate trial for the race issue to either prove or disprove ,and then sentence accordingly ,that way at least the rape isn't muddied and forgotten about
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Originally Posted by Jimmy-J
Did anyone see last nights Question Time? I watched in anger as Peter Oborne and an audience member put most of the blame on the victims / parents / BNP, anyone but the paedophile rapists.
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Just watched the portion dealing with this case ,thanks for the link ,but it does seem that a few people have their heads buried in the sand .
I think it unfair to say that Peter Oborne and the vicar where blaming the victims .They are merely questioning how young girls manage to get tempted into situations like this ,and quite frankly they are right to question it because i have seen young girls in Newcastle town center on friday and saturday nights and have wondered what their parents are thinking ,and the fact that some of these girls where in council care at the time just raises more questions about our care system ,and for Caroline Spellman to suggest that the social services or parents would be acting "inhumane"(time 29.30) in stopping young girls going out late at night is a taster of the problem Yes it was a horrendous thing that these men did but there are wider issues in society to look at as well and must not be buried