Martin Cassini's Blog Posts Tagged 'system' (2)

Britain is breaching the UN Convention on the rights of the child, says the Children's Rights Alliance for Europe. It is the most punitive nation in Europe, with child protection services unfit for purpose. "We punish children through the courts for things that were once seen as pranks," says Dr Mike Lindsay. "Six children were given Asbos for climbing a tree in Gloucester. We seem to want to criminalise and punish everyone." He is calling for an overhaul of the juvenile justice system.… Continue

The Guardian has a story about proposals to prosecute parents who "lie" in an effort to get their children into popular schools. Thus is the citizenry criminalised by official bodies who fail to create level playing-fields of high quality. It's the same on the roads. They devise a dysfunctional system of unequal rights, then penalise the people for the malfunctions that follow.