Beefeaters fired in bully probe

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by Chris

And you think sacking someone doesn't send that message?

As I said what think is not really going to happen but maybe it will prevent them from getting a good number with the likes of the Corps of Commissionaires, they will get a security job fairly easily being ex- military but probably not a nice little number as above.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Chris

Why would it be fitting? Why isn't simply losing their job fitting? Why are you so quick to pass a sentence on someone that will impact on the quality of their life, for the rest of their entire life?

Would you still find it fitting if, 20 years from now, one of these men spent every day wondering how to pay his heating bill, or his electricity bill? Or whether he could afford to buy Christmas presents for his grandchildren?

Well said, lets not forget they have also lost their homes to...

[Flyboy]

Originally Posted by Chris

Why would it be fitting? Why isn't simply losing their job fitting? Why are you so quick to pass a sentence on someone that will impact on the quality of their life, for the rest of their entire life?

But they sought to do that very thing themselves.

Would you still find it fitting if, 20 years from now, one of these men spent every day wondering how to pay his heating bill, or his electricity bill? Or whether he could afford to buy Christmas presents for his grandchildren?

Some would say that they should have thought about that before they committed these acts of harassment. Isn't that the same thing we say about everyone who breaks the law?

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by Chris
Why would it be fitting? Why isn't simply losing their job fitting? Why are you so quick to pass a sentence on someone that will impact on the quality of their life, for the rest of their entire life?

Originally Posted by Flyboy

But they sought to do that very thing themselves.

Originally Posted by Chris

Would you still find it fitting if, 20 years from now, one of these men spent every day wondering how to pay his heating bill, or his electricity bill? Or whether he could afford to buy Christmas presents for his grandchildren?

Originally Posted by Flyboy

Some would say that they should have thought about that before they committed these acts of harassment. Isn't that the same thing we say about everyone who breaks the law?

Quite right, they really should have thought about their actions and now they have to live with the consequences as do all people who break the law and get caught.

Originally Posted by Flyboy

But they sought to do that very thing themselves.



Some would say that they should have thought about that before they committed these acts of harassment. Isn't that the same thing we say about everyone who breaks the law?

I see. So you're no great believer in the principle of proportionality then? Would you prefer it if we reverted to the days when you could get hanged for stealing an apple from a market stall?