Maybe he can give her a royal pardon.…
Fair point. I'm trying to imagine how he might say it. Something like, "Next time you do it, don't do it again !"
Could this be a political smokescreen ?
As a member of the public, I can't help thinking we're being fed a very narrow, and rather confined narrative by the media at the moment. If you look at the comments on some other forums, (and before you ask, no, look for yourselves, I'm not putting links on here), comments are being made about the how sexually attractive some posters believe she is, and come to think of it, maybe it's not an accident that this particular young woman has become the 'poster girl' she said she didn't want to be. Maybe I'm not the only one wondering if the whole thing is in the press at the moment as a convenient distraction from some of the other, even less palatable things that are going on in this country, and in the world.
Why should they? what crime(s) has she committed in Syria?........
Yep.
It's interesting to see some of the comments on hatebook about this at the moment. The level of condemnation seems to vary, depending on what page you happen to land on, but I've noticed a lot of people are saying bring back hanging etc, however, so many posters (I'm not talking about people on here) are jumping the gun slightly because as far as I'm aware, and despite what's being said in certain quarters, she hasn't actually been convicted of any offences.
Maybe when she has been fully assessed and (hopefully) de-radicalised........../
That's an interesting one. Genuine question here. How does a person get de-radicalised ? I don't know the answer to that one.
Everyone has their own views, and I can only speak for myself, but they are mine, and I don't care what anyone else tells me to think, I reserve the right to have those views, whatever they may be. In my case, they're not harmful or illegal, but irrespective of any of that, how can anyone really change somebody elses views ? I'd question whether they can. In a similar way to how you can't make someone like you, you can't force them to change their idealogical position unless they genuinely chose to change it. Similar to how the naughty kid at school gets told to say sorry, so he does, just to get the teacher to leave him alone. But is he really sorry, or is he secretly saying, "Sod you, I'll do it again if I get the chance !" ?