Carmen. Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Is it possible to have a discussion without flinging personal insults? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksandr Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Yes vigilante justice. That's just the kind of society we want to be eh? This country is civilised. An eye for an eye blah blah is not in our society. Clearly you are just as delighted at some of these revenge actions taken too... http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/10821622.Acid_attack_victim_hacked_to_death_in__revenge_killing___court_hears/?ref=rss http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-28259634 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/leicester-house-fire-murder-victims-2276014 We are not animals and nobody should take the law into their own hands. Sure, you're right, and if this man had spent any longer thinking about it he would have been committing a crime, but he acted in the moment to defend his son. That's legal in the UK. It's down to reasonable force, and I would have to say that a fit 18 year old male needs to be rendered unconscious or physically restrained, which is difficult if you're on your own against him. Your primary responsibility is this child, and there isn't really any opportunity for niceties in such situations. I would have done the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANGELFIRE1 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I think the filth got away lightly. Many Fathers would have dished out much more punishment than our American friend did. If this filth was caught in the act, his meat and two veg ought have been on the lawn:thumbsup:, while he was laid on the floor inside the house in great pain. Angel1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Se7enhills Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Not directly related seeing as the pervert was apparantly known to the family but Florida does follow the Castle Doctrine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_doctrine Which seems to be so tragically lacking in Englsih Law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthenekred Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Not directly related seeing as the pervert was apparantly known to the family but Florida does follow the Castle Doctrine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_doctrine Which seems to be so tragically lacking in Englsih Law. Doesn't "Castle doctrine" derive from English law? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Se7enhills Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Doesn't "Castle doctrine" derive from English law? IT does but it is a bit "grey", what I should have said really is the "stand your ground law" also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthenekred Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 IT does but it is a bit "grey", what I should have said really is the "stand your ground law" also. It's equally as grey as an effect on crime rate figures/stats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byeo Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 The father has not been charged with a crime, and police sound as if they believe his actions were justified. 'Dad was acting like a dad. I don't see anything we should charge the dad with,' Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood told WFTS. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2700752/Dad-acting-like-dad-Police-defend-father-pounded-accused-child-molester-bloody-puddle-suspect-appears-court-swollen-beatdown.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 The father has not been charged with a crime, and police sound as if they believe his actions were justified. 'Dad was acting like a dad. I don't see anything we should charge the dad with,' Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood told WFTS. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2700752/Dad-acting-like-dad-Police-defend-father-pounded-accused-child-molester-bloody-puddle-suspect-appears-court-swollen-beatdown.html That's because elected police departments have to kowtow to public opinion, rather than what the law actually says to some extent... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discodown Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 I'm bemused that people are using words like 'vigilantism' and 'revenge'. This isn't that, this is a father reacting to circumstances in front of his face and acting in the heat of the moment. Its not like this was a considered act and the father pursued the criminal after the act and beat him. He caught him doing it and beat him to prevent him completing the act. If anything he rescued the boy. Thats self defence, he isn't a vigilante. Its not revenge, he's defending his child. How can you confuse the two? Its not like he's set up a lynch mob to get the molester after he was declared not guilty and the justice system failed him. Are people so determined to turn their faces from the truth they will defend anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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