WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
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Whyperion
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Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
every time in general I here spokespersons for Iran speak they seem relatively sensible ( aytollah a bit more mad and revengeful maybe he has a point though) spokespersons for US sound like mad men
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Stanley
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Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
THIS caught my attention.....
A mother-of-10 who kept a vulnerable woman captive as a slave for 25 years has been jailed for 13 years. Mandy Wixon, 56, was found guilty of false imprisonment and forcing the woman to clean her squalid home in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. The victim, who has a learning disability and is now in her mid-40s, had washing-up liquid squirted down her throat, bleach splashed on her face and her head shaved against her will. She was also made to live off scraps. Passing sentence at Gloucester Crown Court, Judge Ian Lawrie KC told Wixon: "You cruelly and persistently held captive this woman... The enduring persistent trauma of that slavery remains." In a statement, the victim said: "For 25 years, I lived in fear, control and abuse. I was treated as though my life, my freedom and my voice did not matter."
There is much more. I find it astounding that such things can happen in plain sight in our modern society. Is anyone being treated like this near you?
A mother-of-10 who kept a vulnerable woman captive as a slave for 25 years has been jailed for 13 years. Mandy Wixon, 56, was found guilty of false imprisonment and forcing the woman to clean her squalid home in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. The victim, who has a learning disability and is now in her mid-40s, had washing-up liquid squirted down her throat, bleach splashed on her face and her head shaved against her will. She was also made to live off scraps. Passing sentence at Gloucester Crown Court, Judge Ian Lawrie KC told Wixon: "You cruelly and persistently held captive this woman... The enduring persistent trauma of that slavery remains." In a statement, the victim said: "For 25 years, I lived in fear, control and abuse. I was treated as though my life, my freedom and my voice did not matter."
There is much more. I find it astounding that such things can happen in plain sight in our modern society. Is anyone being treated like this near you?
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Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!