I just thought you might want to hear..I have mixed feelings on this from the other night!
Was on the train with my mum late at night when she nudged me and was like "theres that guy". This guy Nick used to work with his wife in a sandwich shop in our town. He always hired young girls, like aged 14 and was so sleazy. One time he just took out his penis and the girl reported it, he got put on the sex offenders register and isnt allowed to work in his shop anymore.
So he was sitting across from us on this 45min train journey and some chavs were drinking further up the carriage. One of them spotted him and although I had headphones on I heard them shouting.
"Theres that dirty b*stard!! Peado!!! Peeeeeeeado! Niiiiiiick is a peeeeeado!"
His shop was called Picnic Basket and they were shouting "peado basket" at him. He sat pretending to read his paper. It was so awkward. Because they just kept shouting. They were shouting "can i can a chips and cheese and no molestation please?" and constant chants of "PEEEEEADOOOOOO!" There were about 10 of them. The ticket collector woman came and they explained to her what he's done and how he was a "dirty flashing pervert". Then proceeded to shout out the details of what happened to the entire carriage.
He got off before his stop and they were yelling "passengers, you are now safe, this is a peado free carriage!"
I personally think he deserved it... think of those poor girls... and hun, must have been tough for you being there with this going on *hugs* (if thats ok)
Obviously what he did was very wrong. However in the UK we have a justice system to deal with offenders, what those chavs did was was nothing more than vigilante justice. And whilst it might have stopped with name-calling there, there was a case back home where a 70-year old paedophile (who hadn't commited any offences for 30 years or something) had his head kicked in in an alley-way and he died. I think you have to be very careful with justifying any acts of retribution against criminals. Don't get me wrong, I know paedophiles are sick and can ruin lives, I just don't think the general public are the people to deal with them, leave that to the police.
If the chavs had then gone on to beat him up and possibly killed him, would he deserve that? Vigilante justice, like Heidi said, isn't the way - otherwise we could just hand out retribution left, right and centre however we wanted, and it won't work.
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deserved. i don't care. they don't care about how they leave us.
i wish someone had stuck up for me like that.
(even if the chavs were more interested in making a scene, than the cause).
i reckon he deserves to be locked up.
he may have changed, he might be very sorry
those chavs are arrogant and cocky,and maybe went ott.
but im fairly sensetive about stuff like that and i dont think that he should ever be happy with himself ever again. so he probs did have it coming.
What he did was wrong, yes, but whether he deserved that depends on the circumstances. For example, how long ago was it that he did it? Did he get punished for it? Does he see the error of his ways? Etc.
If it happened a long time ago, and he has changed his ways, I think it's unfair to be punished for it for the rest of his life.
However, if it was recent, and he was walking free, he deserves everything he got. Although I hate people who publically humiliate people like that.
Obviously what he did was very wrong. However in the UK we have a justice system to deal with offenders, what those chavs did was was nothing more than vigilante justice. And whilst it might have stopped with name-calling there, there was a case back home where a 70-year old paedophile (who hadn't commited any offences for 30 years or something) had his head kicked in in an alley-way and he died. I think you have to be very careful with justifying any acts of retribution against criminals. Don't get me wrong, I know paedophiles are sick and can ruin lives, I just don't think the general public are the people to deal with them, leave that to the police.
What I was going to say but makes much more sense!
You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are.
It was 2 years ago. His wife and 8 year old daughter stuck by him but he's not allowed to work in the shop he owns anymore as too many school kids come in there. He's on the sex offenders register.
Obviously what he did was very wrong. However in the UK we have a justice system to deal with offenders, what those chavs did was was nothing more than vigilante justice. And whilst it might have stopped with name-calling there, there was a case back home where a 70-year old paedophile (who hadn't commited any offences for 30 years or something) had his head kicked in in an alley-way and he died. I think you have to be very careful with justifying any acts of retribution against criminals. Don't get me wrong, I know paedophiles are sick and can ruin lives, I just don't think the general public are the people to deal with them, leave that to the police.
That's a horrible thing to do. Yes what he did was horrible but he's been (being) punished for it. And imagine how horrible it would have made the others on the train feel (like you feeling uncomfortable). It's never justified to do something like that in public.
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
People like those 'chavs' aren't looking for any kind justice, just trying to cause offense to anybody they can.
And by the fact they made you feel uncomfortable, there are probably other people who felt similar, and so I believe what they did was wrong. Whatever he deserved, other people on the train oughtn't have had to put up with shouting and such.
I don't think he deserved to be verbally assaulted like that by those kids who were just trying to be cruel. While his crimes were disgusting, he's already been punished for them. Getting put on the sex offender list isn't punishment so much as it is a precaution taken to help people protect themselves and their dependents. Those kids were trying to upset them, which isn't helping anybody.
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