I have been so shocked and utterly distressed by the story in Austria that it is hard to come to terms with what really has happened. This is something which anyone and everyone possibly never wished to know in their lifetime, and even though cultures and geographical boundaries divide people around the world, people have witnessed the horror and the repulsiveness of the incident that is being flashed all around the newspapers.
A lot of questions emerge, people are angry at a possibility of only 15 years of confinement but this is such difficult to comprehend, the horror mixed with our questions about humanity that all of us are left without words.
If human race is going towards such crimes against humanity, against nature, then proper laws should be made and enforced in place for child abuse. This is a growing problem in India as well as in the rest of the world. Children getting raped and abused are stories which frequently happen in the country, and because of some prominent parts being played by political personalities they are getting shoved under the carpet. This needs to stop. This has to stop.
In case of the Austria incident though, this has gone beyond the child abuse in so many ways. This is a crime against nature and humanity, against so many people that the word punishment has stopped making sense. No punishment can be as harsh as the repercussions of the crime committed. It doesn’t matter if the sentence is of 15 years or 20 years or life term or even death. In fact, I believe death is but a very easy sentence to serve. Such retribution cannot mend the lives of these people and bring peace to them. Retribution cannot heal them.
A sentence can be passed to the human being who has committed the crime. Something which has defied all the features of humans…can a judgment be passed against it? Can a court of law hear it’s defence?
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