Rape in Oranjemund!

[Cherry (Alcock)]

 @Dalene, no assistance; my mother to this day does not mention the murder and the direct consequence of my father suffering and dying of a heart attack a month later which the doctor and my family believe was caused due to the grief and stress of my sister's death. 

I find it very difficult to reconcile that criminals get fed, clothed, paid (in some instances) and decent medical treatment at my cost - my tax - while the victim's and their families have to just "find closure" and move on with their lives.  I do admire those people who can forgive and forget but I am not one of those; as I said you take a life you forfeit your right to life if it is proved that there are absolutely no extenuating circumstances such as an abused child or wife, rape, self-defense and so on.

I will now climb off my soap box and let others continue the debate!  - peace offering Carl!

[Carl Wrbka]

Thanks Cherry, offer accepted. I'm sorry to hear that you were personally touched by the violent society we live in. I know the feeling of losing a loved one myself, and as you mentioned, the "powers that be" don't give a rat's ass for the family that is left behind.

After my Dad's suicide in 1984, CDM wouldn't even let my sister and I attend the funeral in OM. "Sorry it's company policy blah, blah, blah". Come on! What kind of a security risk could a 16yr old teenager and his 14yr old sister have posed to CDM at a time like this?
With all their billions De Beers / CDM couldn't even afford to offer us trauma councelling!!??  What they could do however is give my 18yr old brother the remaining 5 bullets retrieved from my Dad's revolver. "Here, I thought you might want these as a souvenir of your father". 

I rest my case.

[Florrie van Zyl (Muir)]

If someone raped one of my children I would devote the rest of my life to tracking him down and then spend the rest of my life torturing him. For starters, I would chop off his penis and force him to eat it. I am not a christian and I defintely don't forgive and forget, I get even. I sometimes wish I could escape to a secluded beautiful place where you live off the land, don't have TV and newspapers and so don't hear all these horrible things. I tend to put myself in the victim and their family's shoes and feel the anger etc too and I can't get over it. That little boy who was sodomised by a paedophile at the coast a few years ago just before Xmas still haunts me today. I keep thinking what must have been going through his little mind and the pain he must have endured. If I was his parents, I would do something to everyone who had a part in this sick person still being allowed in society and would break him out of jail just to take him somewhere so that I could sodomise him with a pineaplle or something so that he could just feel a little of what he did to that little angel. Sorry but like a few have mentioned, this is a very emotional subject.

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

Hi Florrie

I think many feel the same

Our legal system however has not found the right way to punish

How about castration, that would be appropriate instead of letting them free and carry on again........

[georg ruf jr.]

Castration wouldn't help either. These guys want to feel the power over somebody. It's not what we would generaly refer to as sexual arousement.

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

Now please tell me Boy Georg.....your 6yr old daughter is raped,possibly even murdered........what do you want to see happen?  Counsel the rapist?   

[georg ruf jr.]

As you'll see in this subject, we were talking about different viewpoints. One side is what you feel if your a victim or a close freind or relative of a victim. The other side is what helps society prevent crime and makes people feel safe.
I don't think I'll be able to have even half a clear thought as I'm trying to have in this topic.
I love my kids. And especialy when they're so small you tend to feel the protector stronger in yourself. Hope you've got the message.

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

I GET THE MESSAGE..

[georg ruf jr.]

Very tough subject. We've had murder, shooting ect in town with people in Rehab programms. So I feel very responcible. Often ready to show my point of view when I think things are being handeled to easiely.

[Michael Alexander]

Hey Florrie, Did you ever watch that Tom Hanks movie, the one where he lands up alone on a tropical island? Why on earth did he want to leave it.... that place was beautiful and crime free....... I often think of that movie.... just cannot remember the name right now.....

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

Michael  ::

Because there weren't any women there?

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

OOOps...I hope that didn't come across wrong considering the topic......shame he was all alone

[Michael Alexander]

Hey, I'm not talking about Blue lagoon.......  ::

[Alfred Boehme]

We all need to take care of our children it's not the old O/Mund anymore

Alfred

[bobbysmith]

alfrid my man,you have the sense and dirrection of all decent men,the dirty twats who hurt children need a harsh leasson in morals my boet,i imagine you boys will sort the problem