Friday, December 21, 2007
‘Smacking’ laws upheld (and health trust over-ruled Update)
A human rights challenge by the Children’s Commissioner to Northern Ireland’s laws on parental chastisement of a child was rejected in Court today. Update The mother of a mentally ill 21 year old patient has successfully challenged the Southern Health and Social Services Trust decision not to force feed her daughter who is attempting to starve herself to death.
Fair Deal @ 10:52 AM
Common sense on this smacking shit at last. Time to sack the lot of these over-payed “commissioners” and abolish their offices, not appoint more.
Posted by on Dec 21, 2007 @ 12:26 PMNo one loves their child like a parent.
Posted by on Dec 21, 2007 @ 12:53 PMStrongly believing that the use of violent force is no substitute for sweet reason we sat down as a family and had a rational discussion of this issue.
Soon we had divided into two implacably opposed camps with the children, for some strange reason, all being opposed to smacking. But after we gave them a sound thrashing, sent them to bed without supper and grounded them without pocket money for a month they soon came round to seeing the parents’ side of the argument.
Posted by on Dec 21, 2007 @ 01:11 PMhehehehe, Rory.
Good one.Posted by on Dec 21, 2007 @ 01:54 PMNICCY WHACKED!
source: Tabloid Headline
Posted by on Dec 21, 2007 @ 05:31 PMRegardless of the rights and wrongs of the arguement it should be settledc in parliament by elected representives not by a commissioner and a judge
Posted by on Dec 21, 2007 @ 10:14 PMThe presence of a devolved legislature elected by the people does place significant pressures on these “Commissioners” to prove their worth.
This test was failed. They’d better pass the next one.
Posted by on Dec 22, 2007 @ 12:44 AMAlex,
It was decided by parliament. It was they who set up the commission and gave it its mandate.Posted by on Dec 22, 2007 @ 04:44 PMLOL Rory! Will be interesting to see OFMdFM’s response to this, as they are NICCY’s sponsoring department and have just committed to setting up an old people’s commissioner with similar powers (and budget) as NICCY. Only DUP spokesman so far has been Robinson, neither Paisley or lesser Paisley has spoken. As to mandate Joe you’re spot on, NICCY backed by all parties in last mandate, and backed by the current committee of FMdFM…and finally, as one child put it, if my da slaps me ma she can call the police; if he slaps me I can’t. So much for the equality ‘lie’ that is section 75
Posted by on Dec 22, 2007 @ 11:01 PM
