Shouldn't Those Who Are Breeding These Future Terrorists Be 'taken To Task'?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3176011/Children-identified-terror-risk-DAY-including-12s-risk-radicalisation.html

[retrocop]

Extremely disturbing. No more to say.Now waIt for the apologists to have their say.:-)

[anotheoldgit]

We've already had "they are only children" so I suppose we will now have "they are only toddlers".

[Mamyalynne]

Should people who are teaching children to do evil or indoctrinating them that evil is good be taken to task ?


Absolutely.

[Old_Geezer]

Do some really have a problem distinguishing the difference between those who corrupt and those being corrupted ? Or is it just an excuse to justify a desire to punish the kids ?

This is about protecting those at risk as soon as possible; not desiring to blame them because they're toddlers.

[Zacs-Master]

To be fair AOG has asked 'Shouldn't Those Who Are Breeding These Future Terrorists Be 'taken To Task'?' He doesn't seem to be advocating infanticide in this particular post.

[baza]

Take away the parents benefits, see how radical they are then.

[retrocop]

I was about to warn him to proceed with caution as a few will put words in his mouth and swear he adocates the bombing of Mothercare but I see the seeds are germinating already.

[sp1814]

I remember the furore on these very pages when it was suggested that primary school children who used racist or homophobic language should be identified.

Les plus de choses changent, plus elles restent les mêmes!

[sp1814]

AOG

In answer to your question, it depends on what 'taken to task' is in relation to 'referral' which is in the report.

Does anyone know what 'referral' means in this context? I'm assuming it means referred to social services, which is right and proper in these cases, because young kids should not be subjected to radicalism in any form.

[douglas9401]

In ANY form? Or does it depend on the strict definition of radicalism?

Where's the line between radicalisation and groundswell of popular opinion? Is it just a numbers game?

[Huderon]

I see there is no mention in the report of the criteria for referral, so it's just that the number of referrals has gone up. This could be because the criteria are much more general than they were originally, or because the people doing the referring are more sensitive (read over cautious) about things. The fact that the number of referrals is rising does not, of itself, mean that more children are at risk or are being radicalised.

When my wife was at primary school (in the 1960's), her parents were called in to discuss a "problem", namely that my wife was writing stories about death and war and producing drawings related to those subjects. What the school didn't know was that on one visit to Poland, my wife had been taken to visit Auschwitz with her parents and that it was normal for her parents friends to come round for dinner at weekends ... where discussion about the things which had happened to them during the war was common.

I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised to find that in all Muslim families there are discussions about what is going on in Syria, Iraq and other places, and about their worries about IS and teenagers being radicalised. So it is hardly surprising that some of the younger ones pick up on this and may come out with it at school ... and be referred as a result.

[naomi24]

Taking the parents to task would achieve nothing. They’re not going to change their opinions. The children should be taken away from them.

[anotheoldgit]

naomi24

/// Taking the parents to task would achieve nothing. They’re not going to change their opinions. The children should be taken away from them. ///

And isn't that what I am saying?

Taking their children away from them is taking the parents to task.

[naomi24]

AOG, //And isn't that what I am saying? //

I didn't think so. I read 'taking them to task' as giving them a dressing down .... telling them off.