Originally Posted by eddie007

Maybe people SHOULD boycot countries whose "systems" are so alien to ours and judicial systems are so corrupt or unintelligable...

Originally Posted by Seasider

You can boycott wherever you like, eddie; likewise I will go wherever I like and boycott others as I see fit (and I do).




Nobody led me up that path Why can't I be responsible for my own actions? I never felt the need to do anything to fit in; I've never even smoked a cigarette.

My family circumstances required me to grow up fast.

I don't have an addictive personality, for which I am very thankful - I've had neither drink nor drug problem. I have/had friends with one or the other, or both, I've watched people destroy themselves, people with drug problems top themselves, I've attended AA meetings, I've driven 80 miles in the middle of the night more than once to rescue my mother from the violence of my prescription-addict sister (who I've had taken away in an ambulance twice), so please don't think you're the only one that understands any of this.

Originally Posted by papilon

That coal and iron ore to China and India might not be looking so good in that case

Originally Posted by stevenglish

Any release that is politically motivated will make a mockery of bothjudicial systems/ goverments. I say hang the little bastard, then birch his parents and stab his dog in the neck, it's the only way he'll learn

Originally Posted by stevenglish

Any release that is politically motivated will make a mockery of bothjudicial systems/ goverments. I say hang the little bastard, then birch his parents and stab his dog in the neck, it's the only way he'll learn

Originally Posted by Grayling

Bloody do gooder

Originally Posted by eddie007

You're a Social Worker arent you.... I can tell, maybe a little burned out, but that PC tree hugger just shines though...

Originally Posted by eddie007

You understand from your exeperience and perspective, I understand from mine, others from theirs...

Well yes, obviously - I never said otherwise.

I'm not going there again with you seasider, we've been here before havent we?

Have we? I'm not sure what you're referring to but it's possible. Didn't realise it meant we had a problem though

Lets not detract from a serious debate .... Agree to differ... We are at different places.... So lets just leave it at that.

I did't realise we were detracting from a serious debate, I thought we were having one. "Leaving it at that" is hardly debating but I'm perfectly capable of agreeing to differ - I thought that was what we were doing. Telling me to leave it at that doesn't really make me think you want to hear any opinions different from your own.

Originally Posted by stevenglish

Any release that is politically motivated will make a mockery of bothjudicial systems/ goverments. I say hang the little bastard, then birch his parents and stab his dog in the neck, it's the only way he'll learn

Originally Posted by papilon

That coal and iron ore to China and India might not be looking so good in that case

Originally Posted by deb68

So at fourteen he doesn't understand it is wrong to buy or smoke weed, let alone over the counter tobacco?
This is just why society is so buggered of late, to many people defending this type of behaviour, simply based on the persons age/gender life style whatever, he did it got caught, lock the little sod up.