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  • Justice?

    by copdam @ 26 Nov. 2007 – 22:28:21

    Today, I've noticed a lot of blog posts about the british teacher who might be jailed over a teddy bear named Muhammad. I do think the whole situation is unbelievable, but I can't help but wonder why there aren't so many posts about the woman in Saudi who was gang-raped and then convicted to jail and a flogging for being in a car with a man who she wasn't related to. (or maybe I just missed them, I have been a bit too busy to read lots recently...)
    In an appeal her sentence was increased because of the publicity the story had received. And now apparently, she has confessed to having had an affair outside her marriage...

    Apparently, being gang-raped isn't punishment enough for what in some cultures are punishable offences...

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  • Compensation?

    by copdam @ 26 Nov. 2007 – 19:08:54

    One item on BBC news last week was quite astonishing to me. It was a piece on Coastal Erosion from the Northsea.

    The Coastal Erosion was occuring much faster than originally predicted, and is now threatening houses along the coast. Some owners are now petitioning the government for financial compensation to help them relocate when their houses become too dangerous to live in, as they won't be able to sell them now...
    When they purchased their property (some only within the last 5 years), they were told they would be able to live there for about 20 or 30 years before coastal erosion would get to their houses.

    I can't believe they now want compensation! They bought their properties knowing coastal erosion was a problem. Did they think they'd have great prospects for selling with only 20 or 30 years left anyway?

    I don't think they should get anything from the government, the government cannot be held responsible and taxpayers money is not for these situations, surely.

    Madness! And this of course brings me to media reporting, in Britain, and other parts of the world... But that will have to wait for now.

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