I live in the east of Engliand with my partner and our pet cat.

I'm trying to become a freelance writer, and chroniling my attempts at http://takentheplunge.blogspot.com. I'm really interested in lots of things, especially science and politics.

My passion is ...

curiosity

I know too much about ...

how computers work

My parents always told me ...

so many things that I can't remember any of it

My childhood ambition ...

to be prime minister

My favorite memory ...

isn't something you discuss in polite company

Why I write ...

because I enjoy it

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

t r y ^ d

My first job ...

in a coffee bar

Politics, News & Issues > Justice System Commentary: The reasonable cry for vengeance against violent criminals

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Crime happens: sometimes it's victimless, sometimes traumatic. Some crimes appall us, whilst we turn a blind eye to others.

We're bombarded by reports of terrible things, so much so that most of it we don't even notice, but just occasionally something will get through and then we're out for blood.

We have an instinct for vengeance. When we hear of a little girl hanged, a series of awful questions go through our minds: How? Who? Why? When we find the answers we're usually even more shocked and appalled than when we started.

We feel betrayed. We feel that people shouldn't act like th...

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