Two year supervision order, but

.. what I find disturbing is the Somalian &quot;custom&quot; , hilighted presumably as part of the defence.</p>

Does anybody EVER give thought, when dishing out help and assistance to newcomers, to taking them on one side and pointing out the differences between their customs and ours?</p>

I mean, if we drank and had illicit sex in the Middle East we know we can expect the full weight of the lash, don't we?</p>

Having said that - the lass appears to have been driven to taking the law into her own hands. Just one more example, if it was ever needed, of how this kind of thing is becoming the norm as people get more and more frustrated with what they see as injustice.</p>

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006300159,00.html</p>

 

They also pointed out that the girl was of a very low

intelligence so that has probably contributed too.

 

Not a defence in my view

Most of this country has a low intelligence.</p>

Shouldn't exonerate anybody from appropriate punishment.</p>

 

RE: They also pointed out that the girl was of a very low

I think that the excessive bullying that she had received from her victim contributed more to a lesser sentence than the cultural thing about slashing the face.

Interesting to see the different slant that the Sun put on it though.

 

"Most of this country has a low intelligence"!

Or do you mean that the majority of people have lower than average IQ?

What is defined as "low intelligence"?

I must admit I find it rather ironic that The Sun say that!

 

I think it is wrong that the victims name is announced

 

Ok then - "much"

... just walk out into the high street and have a look around.

 

RE: I think it is wrong that the victims name is announced

They should either name both or name neither.

I find it strange that, in a rape case for instance, the accused can be named but the alledged victim cannot - the cases you see when they are found not guilty but they've already been "named and shamed"

 

Totally agree, but it's a factor when taking into account

the other stuff, notably the bullying. I also think the school must take a look at it's policies. They must take some of the blame too, if this girl has taken the beating the day before that the teacher described, which was pretty severe, and there had means previous continual bullying then why was the slashed girl not suspended that day?

 

RE: Ok then - "much"

So I can judge intelligence just by looking up and down outside?

I can make assumptions, and perhaps these would often prove correct.

 

RE: Ok then - "much"

You're more stroppy today than I am

 

Surely the victims family wanted her named.

Straight after the story was reported and Shanni was released from hospital her parents brought her out of hospital to be filmed and photographed by the press. It appears to me that the family did not want anonimity for their daughter.

Why all the clamour for the assailant to be named? She is a child, try and remember that.

 

RE: Eaststander

why don't you give it a rest 'till you actually have something to say beyond banal cliches.

(doh)