(1019) Time not flying quite as fast so far. Brunch time.
11. Fools rush in
… where angels fear to tread:
My error was trying to cover too many topics one after the other, thinking this was the Rupert inquiry which concluded a few days back. These girls are referring to the govt inquiry afa I can see. Either way, to express an in-yer-face opinion as I did was premature and unwise. I appreciate people like Donna who try to set things right.
It’s also a salutary lesson … at some stage we need to weigh in to show support … but when do we make that move? We can’t NOT comment at all, as that’s abrogating our responsibility. Thus we settle on what best seems the truth and adjust as new trusted snippets come in.
When it no longer changes, plus a prayer for guidance should have accompanied all of this anyway, then maybe that’s a position we now hold.
Until …
Not sure about this ‘Duty of Care’ If you can’t prosecute someone for crimes such as this where the perpetrator usually keeps going until they are caught or die then surely having someone traumatised cannot take precedence over justice. Something needs to be done, I agree, but letting them off isn’t the way or you will just encourage the criminals to deliberately traumatise the victims so they won’t get prosecuted.
That isn’t right and I believe there are processes in place to help prosecute these situations