Wales, it seems, is to "learn lessons" from the conviction of these two modern day witches - see below - for manslaughter.
Pray tell what would these be? That our society is doomed and we all with it?
That - rather I am sure - a restructuring of the procedures for child protection will be whipped up as a substitute for any real action?
That the Inquisition was not so very far off in prescribing burning at the stake for witchcraft?
Do I sense despair and doom-mongering here in the fragrant Wolds? God, you betcha I do and the sooner we stop being so immune to such horrors the better.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Meltdown...
A judge today has spoken of his deep concerns that British families are in meltdown, a threat he sees as far more serious than global warming. (The Government, naturally, has responded with a flurry of specious statistics that claim to prove, as ever, the MacMillan Myth 'We've Never Had It So Good'.)
Meanwhile, another judge - this time sitting in a Court rather than giving a public speech - is presiding over a case in which a mother and a half-sister are accused of leaving the sixteen year old daughter of the former to die of an overdose of heroin, preferring rather to watch something called 'Emmerdale' on the television than to call for an ambulance.
The girl - born to an addictive 'family' - herself hooked on heroin at fourteen - had - the prosecution alleges - been assisted by the two women to 'score' drugs during that fatal day and who were, therefore, reluctant to call for help lest their their complicit crime be revealed.
So noticing the child was showing signs of an overdose - 'blue lips' a bit of a giveaway - they put her to bed 'in the recovery position' before popping downstairs to watch their soaps. (I imagine they learned that procedure on some 'Hug A Druggie' training course funded by the NHS - i.e. you and me.)
This is what we hear. We also hear of the mother who giggles during police interviews when her son is accused - then later convicted - of kicking a young woman to death simply because she was a Goth in her dress and demeanour.
Meltdown? Total obliteration of the entire human race cannot come too soon. I speak as a loving Christian.
"Save the planet. Put an end to humanity."
There is a logic. A fearful logic.
Meanwhile, another judge - this time sitting in a Court rather than giving a public speech - is presiding over a case in which a mother and a half-sister are accused of leaving the sixteen year old daughter of the former to die of an overdose of heroin, preferring rather to watch something called 'Emmerdale' on the television than to call for an ambulance.
The girl - born to an addictive 'family' - herself hooked on heroin at fourteen - had - the prosecution alleges - been assisted by the two women to 'score' drugs during that fatal day and who were, therefore, reluctant to call for help lest their their complicit crime be revealed.
So noticing the child was showing signs of an overdose - 'blue lips' a bit of a giveaway - they put her to bed 'in the recovery position' before popping downstairs to watch their soaps. (I imagine they learned that procedure on some 'Hug A Druggie' training course funded by the NHS - i.e. you and me.)
This is what we hear. We also hear of the mother who giggles during police interviews when her son is accused - then later convicted - of kicking a young woman to death simply because she was a Goth in her dress and demeanour.
Meltdown? Total obliteration of the entire human race cannot come too soon. I speak as a loving Christian.
"Save the planet. Put an end to humanity."
There is a logic. A fearful logic.
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