[Angus]

Originally Posted by InOne

I think it would be better to study the serious offenders. Find out what makes them who they are. What triggers them and what made them make the leap from thinking about it of looking at it to actually doing it. This way we could pick up the early warning signs from kids who act strangely or young adults. Instead of killing someone, use them to possibly save more children from harm in the future, and intervene early if someone looks to be going that wau.

I agree with this, but the social services in this country are not up to the job, frequently leaving at risk children in the custody of useless and sometimes dangerous parents.

On the thread about the toddler being taped to the wall a lot of immature posters thought it funny to make jokes at the expense of that poor child. Now THAT sort of reaction to me is odd and inappropriate on what is clearly a Serious Debates forum, and IMO explains a lot about those people's mindsets. Ridiculing something so vile, or attempting to make light of it, merely desensitises people to its seriousness. That child, if left with parents who could do such a thing to him, is a prime candidate to grow up extremely disturbed and angry. Sadly we are now living with the results of decades of dreadful parenting and it's only going to get worse.