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**Chris** · 29-06-2005, 14:26

Yes ... provided the power to compel is used very carefully indeed. Sometimes people are so scared they are unable to see the wider picture and appreciate that in trying to avoid further harm, they actually put themselves in greater danger. However for me it is the possibility that the perpetrator might go on and harm other people that is the clincher. You have to give adults as much freedom as possible to put themselves in harms way, provided they are of right mind, but once others are at risk (I would include children within a marriage as well as strangers) then things are a little different.

In such circumstances I think it is acceptable to oevr-ride their own wishes.

29-06-2005, 14:26	#3
Chris Trollsplatter Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,607	Re: Victims of Domestic Violence Forced To Testify Yes ... provided the power to compel is used very carefully indeed. Sometimes people are so scared they are unable to see the wider picture and appreciate that in trying to avoid further harm, they actually put themselves in greater danger. However for me it is the possibility that the perpetrator might go on and harm other people that is the clincher. You have to give adults as much freedom as possible to put themselves in harms way, provided they are of right mind, but once others are at risk (I would include children within a marriage as well as strangers) then things are a little different. In such circumstances I think it is acceptable to oevr-ride their own wishes.