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Post by Lux on Jun 19, 2007 8:20:37 GMT 12
I was shattered after watching that poor mum (the real mum the one who raised the boy) last night on 60 minutes, felt utter powerlessness and so so sad for that wee boy and the people who loved him dearly. Angry yes  but what use is that? |
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Post by sparrow on Jun 19, 2007 16:36:19 GMT 12
I agree Lux. I found this story - gutting. I am astounded the "caregivers" (never has a term been so inappropriate for those two!) didn't get charged with murder. I don't care whether they intended to kill the child or not, but beating a three year old with weapons, when you are adults, is going to cause serious damage to a child. Beating him over and over in a short space is only going to end one way: with the child's death. Ghastly and I'm sick of these cases. They make my stomach churn. I hope those two are never allowed near children again. They don't deserve it.
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Post by kokonutwoman on Jun 20, 2007 9:25:49 GMT 12
It was very gut renching, I just couldn't believed they used a baseball bat and the metal part of the oar. Old style island justice wouldn't go astray. But I guess that's just stooping to their level.
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Post by sparrow on Jun 20, 2007 15:39:31 GMT 12
It was very gut renching, I just couldn't believed they used a baseball bat and the metal part of the oar. Old style island justice wouldn't go astray. But I guess that's just stooping to their level. You do feel like that though. I felt like that watching the clip! The trouble is: it wouldn't solve anything and yes - revenge violence usually doesn't help matters. Hubby and I had a long talk about inter-family adoptions (whangai). He was more along the lines of adoptions should be formalised. I said in the old days (and not even that old - I know two people in their early 40s who were whangai to whanau without it being "formal" adoptions) once a child had been given - only in extenuating circumstances the kid was given back i.e. the adoptive parents dying or no longer able to look after the child. In this day and age, unless you know the people really well I'd urge people to go for legal custody. It appears the birth "mother" in this case went to the formal agencies to get the wee lad back. Today people can run between systems in order to get the result they want. In the old days, people wouldn't have done this (or couldn't have done this) because it would have been more community centred. My heart goes out to the real mum and this wee lad.  |
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Post by dalbyj on Jun 20, 2007 16:04:10 GMT 12
I just could not watch it, even the short news items about the poor little boy left me in tears.
No 'anti-smacking' bill is going to change what happened, or soften the mother's grief.
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but what use is that?
