tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408835661469732810.post6822423948874589873..comments2023-08-02T06:40:01.992-07:00Comments on Abandon Skip: NSW: Police losing fight against blade cultureAbandon Skiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06817952603388886644noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408835661469732810.post-77665386031247374232008-04-28T07:34:00.000-07:002008-04-28T07:34:00.000-07:00I presume you are talking about the Rowan Barker c...I presume you are talking about the Rowan Barker case ...<BR/><BR/>I think you miss the point of my blog. These are not isolated cases. There is an escalation of militant attitude out there. I am interested in the bigger picture. I am interested in preventing society from degrading to the point where a typical teenager feels the need to carry a knife, and use it, at the slightest provocation (or no provocation).<BR/><BR/>Judging Rowan Barker from his radio personality, he's as gentle as they come. I can't see him provoking a fight.<BR/><BR/>In any case, this blog is about documenting a decline in civility, community, cohesion, and care for fellow citizens - and looking for causes and ways to turn it around.<BR/><BR/>If you feel empathy for this teenager, knock yourself out. If he's now rehabilitated, great. But just realise he's one hole in a leaky bucket. That one hole may now be plugged, but the bucket still leaks.<BR/><BR/>Did the judge think about the bigger picture when he gave a suspended sentence? No, all he was concerned about was rehabilitation of the teenager. Did he have any concern for a sense of justice for a man who was milliemeters away from death? No. And he missed the bigger picture - a suspended sentence is NO DETERRENT to others, it's only a deterrent to this one teenager.<BR/><BR/>There's a lot more than one teenager at stake here.Abandon Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06817952603388886644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408835661469732810.post-49862963962822080962008-04-28T06:22:00.000-07:002008-04-28T06:22:00.000-07:00Thou shall not judge someone until he walks in his...Thou shall not judge someone until he walks in his shoes. Perhaps the teenager was provoked. Perhaps it was SELF DEFENSE. Judge Nicholson reviewed every bit of evidence and understood the circumstances 100%. The teenager is sorry, he has apologized, he has attempted to personally apologize and he CAN NOT go back in time and take back what he did, he has done everything in his power to make things right, not that he ever could but he is not a danger to society he is in fact a peace maker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com