Advice/Thoughts On A Dllemna

[Thoreau]

I have volunteered for the Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas which supports Irish prisoners overseas in a Penfriend scheme. I have prepared my first draft for a prisoner accordingly, but was curious about the prison he was serving in, so I googled it and found out it is a prison for "sexual offences" which alters my perspective. A friend said I should hate the "sin" and not the "sinner" but I'm not sure if I should to go ahead or am I being a hypocrite for judging - any thoughts/advice would be greatly appreciated without condemnation for raising the issue. Thank you.

[irelandsquall]

You could be saving his life!

[Stephanie]

I have volunteered for the Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas which supports Irish prisoners overseas in a Penfriend scheme. I have prepared my first draft for a prisoner accordingly, but was curious about the prison he was serving in, so I googled it and found out it is a prison for "sexual offences" which alters my perspective. A friend said I should hate the "sin" and not the "sinner" but I'm not sure if I should to go ahead or am I being a hypocrite for judging - any thoughts/advice would be greatly appreciated without condemnation for raising the issue. Thank you.

You could be saving his life!

Sexual predator .. is that a life worth saving ?

Assaulting a helpless woman or child . Maybe a young man or boy attacked , assaulted , ruined for life .

The perpetrator of such - have compassion for ?

[Barney Rubble]

Sexual predator .. is that a life worth saving ?

Assaulting a helpless woman or child . Maybe a young man or boy attacked , assaulted , ruined for life .

The perpetrator of such - have compassion for ?

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[Stephanie]

Welcome back Lovely Lady !

I am drunk now as I am attempting to post so fuck knows what's gonna appear here !

WELCOME BACK!°□●○•°♡♤

Hello Barney !

Thank you so much for the Welcome Back ! X

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[EscortInspector]

Sexual predator .. is that a life worth saving ?

Assaulting a helpless woman or child . Maybe a young man or boy attacked , assaulted , ruined for life .

The perpetrator of such - have compassion for ?

I couldn’t have compassion for sexual predators, death is too good for them.

[Thoreau]

Sexual predator .. is that a life worth saving ?

Assaulting a helpless woman or child . Maybe a young man or boy attacked , assaulted , ruined for life .

The perpetrator of such - have compassion for ?

You have confirmed my initial thoughts exactly for your given explicit reasons - I shall not be writing and so glad I did my research!!! I will persevere with other prisoners if accepted, because I think it is a worthwhile cause. Thank you Stephanie. Thread is now closed as far as I'm concerned.

[MidlifeCrisis]

You have confirmed my initial thoughts exactly for your given explicit reasons - I shall not be writing and so glad I did my research!!! I will persevere with other prisoners if accepted, because I think it is a worthwhile cause. Thank you Stephanie. Thread is now closed as far as I'm concerned.

I suspect this episode has shown that you may not be suitable as a volunteer for this scheme. No criticism intended - I would not be either.

Sex offenders are particularly easy to judge and hate, but there are many other crimes that might disgust you when you know the details - violence against elderly or vulnerable people comes to mind. I think a volunteer in this scheme has to suspend their curiosity or judgement, and probably not many can.

[Palatine]

Think about this scheme and who would use it - prisoners who have a long sentence to serve. They're not there for refusing to pay for a TV licence.

I think it's a very personal judgment call on whether to participate in the scheme or not but if you do it's so you can spread a little bit of light in a dark world and put whatever happened aside. I.e. He's been convicted of something that society finds horrendous and his punishment is his loss of freedom. But you don't know what, whether he has genuine remorse, or what circumstances in his life led to this mistake.

I don't think there's anything inherently wrong in spreading a little light in what can be a dark world if you choose. It's certainly not condoning his actions.

And let's bear in mind that 100% of the men posting here would be guilty of a sexual offence under Irish law. Our high horses are falabellas.

[IrishSarahBarra]

Someone should be talking to him if he's going to be released back into the world.