(October 25, 2018 at 11:07 am)OakTree500 Wrote: Wowsers, ok. If you go back, you'll see I said "I've used the word Criminal in a more general sense", which is my mistake, my bad for that. I'm not implying the are criminals for that, just that it's a incredibly stupid thing to do.
Do they deserve this? No, of course they don't. Are they pillocks of the highest order for leaving 3 small children alone like that? Yes. Again, I'm not saying they should be locked up just for that alone, but more that they made an epic judgement fail. I don't think they should be locked up for it.
Victim blaming would imply I think they deserve or did something that "made somebody do something, so it's their fault", again this is FAR from that, so maybe I'm doing a bad job of using the right words here. I'm just saying, that if they didn't leave their kids alone in an un-guarded and unlocked room, whilst they were off drinking with there friends [a far distance away from their children], this potentially would not have happened.
Ah, ok. Fair enough, I missed that part of your post. Thanks for clarifying, I think we broadly agree on that aspect, I don't doubt that had they not left the children alone, it would be an entirely different situation.
