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From Saturday's Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 4:37 PM EST 13/10/08

Abduction case raises raises questions about whether Canada's liberal approach to sex offenders is working ...Read the full article

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  1. The Bubble from Canada writes: Kill him, or maybe torture him, we want more blood, haven't seen any more of them cool videos of torture victims in Guantanamo lately and things are getting boring watching rich people lose all their money.
  2. Compos Mentis from Toronto, Canada writes: The comment in the first paragraph of this piece "The case of Danial Gratton, a serial predator of children charged this week in an abduction of a seven-year-old girl in Edmonton, raises questions about whether Canada's liberal approach to sex offenders is working" is so typical of the debate in Canada dealing with the issue of justice, framing the issue by asking a rhetorical question. Of course the system is not working, anyone with any degree of common-sense understands and knows that by any measure the system of dealing with predatory sex offenders in this country has been a complete and dismal failure. One only has to read the history of other like minded individuals, such as Mr. Gratton, to realize the current system is based on a hope, a prayer and crossed fingers. The question instead ought to be, why has the justice system permitted this failure to be repeated time and again without those in charge being held accountable. How these "professionals", the psychologists, psychiatrists, corrections and parole officials sleep at night, knowing they have released these time bombs into our community without a whit of concern for the protection of our most vulnerable, is simply astounding. Another question is how many more victims will we allow before we as a society say enough and demand the current system be blown up. Surely in this high-tech age of cell phones, satellites and computerization, we can develop a system to monitor and track these individuals tp ensure the safety of our most vulnerable assets.
  3. Sassy Lassie from Canada writes: The Bubble from Canada writes: Kill him, or maybe torture him, we want more blood, haven't seen any more of them cool videos of torture victims in Guantanamo lately and things are getting boring watching rich people lose all their money.
    Posted 10/10/08 at 11:39 PM EDT | Alert

    Feel better? Is anything sacred to you peaceniks? His victims are children, he has a desease that has no cure. He'll victimize child after child, the only thing we can do to ensure he never harms a child again is lock him up as a predator and toss the key. He has no place in a just society, he could control his urges he chooses not to for his sick pleasure.
  4. tony stephens from pincher creek, Canada writes: Time to pinpoint the cause of the lax legal system, and correct it. We all know we have a problem - but the various levels of the system "pass the buck" to one another. People pressure - social pressure - does cause change. We can motivate our government to improve the security of society, but only if we act. The vote won't work - it only works for more overarching issues. Mail your Parliamentary representative and press this issue! Emphasize the need for our children's protection. Verbally, and in correspondence, support those who back an active reassessment of our legal processes.

    But realize - jail time costs money. Surveillance costs money. Jurisdiction reassessment and change costs money. Even forcing perpetrators to wear location identification transmitters costs a bit - although likely less than any of the other above cost factors. It will take considerable pressure from us (the public) to overcome the monetary costs involved, and to overcome the pervading sense of individual "rights", even the rights of the perpetrators.
  5. Z Gray from Canada writes: Second time caught abusing kids, summary execution. Let his family pay for the bullet.
  6. Allan b from Canada writes: A child pedifile to me is the lowest of the lowest in criminal activity. One problem that exists in any criminal justice system is the fact that sometimes and more often then we care to see sometimes inocent victoms are targeted. For this reason alone we must be carfull to also protect the truly inocent.
    In todays socity I feel totally uncomfortable and avoid situations of ever being alone without other adults present of any child. I grew up in a different era 50s I baby sat for neighbours for extra money ask me if I would do that today? NO WAY. Today something as inocent as a child sitting on your lap reading a story can be taken the wrong way. I realize that the story in the GM is a far cry from what I am saying I just think we as a socity must not jump to conclusions and convict an inocent.
  7. Robin H From Toronto from Toronto, Canada writes: This is not new and it is plainly a failure of Canadian men to protect children. Men who dominate the professions within our justice system greet pedophilia in far too many instances with sympathy for the male perpetrator. The G&M has already reported the far majority of men who rape children are white, and this is simply the reason our judges and prosecutors let them off so lightly. They can relate to this guy's 'standing in the community'.

    A former Toronto police detective heading up the child porn unit has already told us judges and lawyers are 'too uncomfortable' with the evidence materials to appropriately review them, and therefore sentencing is more an assault on society than the white male perpetrator. Cops, lawyers and judges don't want to pursue or question their kids coach, the dentist, the school principal, town doctor, librarian, police chief or mayor on charges that make them all so 'uncomfortable'.

    There is no other explanation for the on-going betrayal of children's rights. Men don't let them have their human rights in this country. When we're talking about child sex assault (and the billion dollar child porn industry) it's just too uncomfortable.

    We still have judges blaming little girls for turning on the guy who assaulted them. There's no excuse for such failure of grown men.
  8. Sassy Lassie from Canada writes: Robin I have also noted that Judges seem to feel great empathy for pedophiles why is that I often wonder. The answer in my head scares me, no they can't be ?

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