Is nothing sacred?

[Goodsoulette]

Why? Why? Why? would anyone do this?

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/23032007/323/muggles- suspected-harry-potter-train-attack.html

[cameo]

I was just watching a trailer for the new Harry Potter movie on Jonathan Ross, I then saw your question!! couldn't believe the coincidence!!!
That's awful, as you say - why?

[jno]

Drink? Envy? ('It's famous, I'm not'). It's only a train, though; it'll be insured and it can be fixed.

[Kathyan]

Doesn't matter that 'it's only a train', whoever is responsible should be charged with criminal damage and made to pay for the repairs. But they'll just get a slap on the wrist and told not to do it again. This country is pathetic.

[naomi24]

Agreed. And people like these are pathetic too! What do they have in place of brains?

[Goodsoulette]

Of course I started this thread a little bit tongue in cheek but I am a huge fan of Harry Potter, as are my children and millions of others. I really thought it would be one of those things that people would not vandalise as it brings enjoyment to so many. It seems very small minded and of course it can be fixed but its the bloody principal. Why damage something that children (and I) love so much.

[ll_billym]

I blame the parents.

[Aschenbach]

You question the sacredness of the profane.

[Joe_the_Lion]

I blame our immigration policy.

[Beria]

I blame Malfoy.

[johnlambert]

It's nothing new, does anyone remember when the Blue Peter garden was vandalised in the 80's? it has nothing to do with our immigration policy as the lunatic minter suggests

[ELVIS68]

I blame Ross Noble and Eddie Izzard

[Joe_the_Lion]

Lambert, was that not the footballer Les Ferdinand who "done in" the Blue Peter Garden?

[Goodsoulette]

lmao ...Elvis so overrated.

[1rovert]

When you think about it, what else do you expect, when we allow two ten year olds, to drag a two year old boy away from his mother, stone him to death, and throw his body onto a railway track, and then give them almost no punishment. We are going to get more of this, and worse.

[Goodsoulette]

With all due respect, I dont think so. Vandalism has always happened. I think people are less likely to get away with it than they used to, thanks to cctv.

Those boys served about as much time as an adult would have done. Prison after all is about rehabilitation, now of course, I wouldn't be happy about them living in my street but what are they were supposed to, let them out tell everyone who they are so they could be murdered by someone else. I was only 13 or 14 when it happened but I remember thinking those people throwing stuff at the vans that were taking them to court and back were acting inappropriately. I never know what to say about those kids cause as they were prime candidates for rehabilitation being such young offenders, or maybe they are just bad to the bone to have committed such an horrific crime at such a young age but lets face it they don't typify the "youth of today".

How do you suggest children should be punished? Is hitting them right, is it? It used to be ok to punch your wife when she didnt do as she was told or have your tea ready on time and having been an abusive relationship, I didn't like it much and would never raise a hand to my children.

[scuzzball]

hahahahahhahahhahahahahhahahhahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ELVIS68]

Scuzzball`s obviously caught his d!ck in his zip, bless

What those 2 kids did was pure and utter evil, no doubt they`ve had councelling etc, but now they are free again, albeit under new identities

I would have been happier to see them serve longer sentences, I don`t believe you can rehabilitate someone who has done such evil as that at such a young age

[Goodsoulette]

I agree with you Elvis just as if an adult had committed the crime. I would certainly hope they are monitored for the rest of their lives.