Mw-wsh

About me

IT Professional, living in the South of England, but born in the North of England.

Interested in Politics, Philosophy, and of course IT.

Its important to protect child anonymity

I'm determined to protect the surnames of the children involved in cases like Baby P. In the case of Baby P there seems no reason to publish the surnames. The mother will be given a new identity on release from prision so it serves no purpose in trying to punish her more. Its the children who will find it difficult to change their names and move on from their past.

Revelation of Baby P article

The attacks towards me because I wish to protect the identities of the siblings has been a revelation to me, for a number of reasons. I don't understand why poeple would think that calling me names or threatening me with physical attacks would make me think differently. Obviously, in the real world I would step back from the physical threats but then I would immediately go to the police. But how stupid do you have to be to think that an online threat would achieve anything ? It's made me realise how in the virtual world, physical threats carry no weight and how important intelligent arguments are. Thats not to say intellectual arguments can't be held back by other means, but at least the power of ignorant thugs is diminished.

I'm also curious to the sort of person who professes to care for the dead children but would prefer to hurt the perpretators even if it hurts the living children. That's not to say I don't understand the argument for naming those concerned. Of course I do, but the comments from those people seem just callous. One writer suggested the siblings were partially to blame since they didn't do anything to stop the abuse.

• "Maybe phone the law like any decent citizen would. (JohnRedwood (talk) 13:30, 28 May 2009 (UTC))"

Now some people think that the guilty should be hurt more, and this is something I can agree with. One comment I received was

• "They're evil and they deserve to be hurt more. A LOT more."

Unfortunately, this won't hurt them at all. The mother will be released with a new name and identity, so what does it achieve ? But I'm curious as to why login to a website to write this comment. Does it make them feel better ? And if so why ? Do they have some guilt over this or a similar case.

If those people who are so determined to releases the names had succeeded and the second trial had collapses, they would have been responsible for the earlier release of one of the very people they sought to vilify.