12-10-12, 03:55 PM
Modern society has no way of assessing whether the ends justify the means, I mean there is a huge demographic out there that have social distinctions based on EastEnders ffs.
Personally I'm in the camp of right is right, and wrong is wrong.
A few years back my father-in-law was accused of molesting my nephew (on my wife's side, so his grandson). The parents didn't really want to know because it was too difficult to deal with (nothing overtly sexual, but the kid claims he was tied up (as part of game) and had his nipples rubbed.
The problem with this kind of ostrich behaviour is that that everyone knew about this accusation, except the accused.
I (and my wife) were the only ones to confront the issue head-on and talk to him about it. Not least of which was to put him on warning that it was now known about and wouldn't be hidden under the carpet.
In the end the kid ended up hating his parents more than his grandfather because they failed to take his side and do anything about it.
I would much rather let one incident pass un-prosecuted but out in the open, than bury my head in the sand and catch the bloke later on for something a lot more serious.
Personally I'm in the camp of right is right, and wrong is wrong.
A few years back my father-in-law was accused of molesting my nephew (on my wife's side, so his grandson). The parents didn't really want to know because it was too difficult to deal with (nothing overtly sexual, but the kid claims he was tied up (as part of game) and had his nipples rubbed.
The problem with this kind of ostrich behaviour is that that everyone knew about this accusation, except the accused.
I (and my wife) were the only ones to confront the issue head-on and talk to him about it. Not least of which was to put him on warning that it was now known about and wouldn't be hidden under the carpet.
In the end the kid ended up hating his parents more than his grandfather because they failed to take his side and do anything about it.
I would much rather let one incident pass un-prosecuted but out in the open, than bury my head in the sand and catch the bloke later on for something a lot more serious.