Our Glorious Dead

In times of war we are called upon to honour our glorious dead. Indeed the memory of the fallen is used to raise our collective patriotic ire at anyone who does not support any military action. This has become known colloquially as “not supporting the troops.” It does not matter if the cause... Read this post...

Children and Sexual Assault

Three stories are on the CTV site just now. ((Scout Volunteer| Peter Whitmore| Victim resisted death threats )) Each story details a violation of a child’s life. Often sexual assault is spoke of in hushed tones, sometimes more so if the victim is male. I think perhaps homophobia comes into play,... Read this post...

Community Service for sexual assault?

Reading between the lines of this story it would appear he raped this young woman which resulted in her “bleeding profusely”. Defence had asked for unconditional discharge to allow him to serve in Afghanistan. Do we really want to export our sexual criminals to other countries? What he did... Read this post...