Posted to Waverley Leader 25/11/2009 at 2:12 AM
Commenting on “Oakleigh bash victim’s pity for attackers”
Punishment must fit the crime or else incidence of the same nature will repeat itself.
Crime should not be glorified, but publicised in the most negative way possible, in order to deter future offenders. If our justice system fails, then media like this paper with the support of the community should take on the responsibilities to be the judge and jury.
I do not advocate violence as a form of punishment, but instead the foundation of these offenders' arrogance and self-centredness must be shaken or even destroyed, by means of doing menial tasks such as cleaning wild animal cages in the zoo, working in a sewerage farm, maintaining road works in the Simpson Desert, etc.
We are not trying to take the laws in our hands, but we must make the lawless offenders feel that they are not as powerful and frightening as the wild animals, their behaviour stinks, and the conditions of the path to repentance is as harsh as a desert.
