[Livia]

Originally Posted by Jesus.

Yeah - what a shame it is that the human rights act can prevent us mistreating them. Such a shame that as a species we got together and declared what is the minimum we have to provide for people.

They committed a crime and they've been rightly sent to prison, probably for both of their lives. The rest is irrelevant.

Being locked up in a prison cell all day for 50 years is as close to hell as I could imagine, and if I had the opportunity to take my open life in that situation, I would - without any hesitation, so prison isn't the easiest option.

Why is the aim to murder or mistreat them? How does that make us in any way better than them?

I wonder who's worrying about Lee Rigby's partner? About his little boy who one day is going to see those pictures - that film... Who's worrying about his parents and what it feels like to see your son hacked to death in the street? They've got a life sentence that I wouldn't want to serve. But hey... let's make sure their killers have plenty of cushions in their cells otherwise they might suffer and we might be accused of being the dispicable ones.

I don't want to mistreat them. I want to take away their privilege of existing. No ceremony, no build up, just - dead. I don't worry about their welfare, they have forfeited any right to my worrying about their feelings. I hope they have a terrible time in there.

The Human Rights Act is all well and good, but it's often used to protect the most vile, the cruellest, the most dispicable and unworthy people in society. As in this case. When it's being used for what it was developed for, then it's another story.