Agnes wrote on Mar 2
nd, 2019 at 7:56pm:
I appreciate Grapplers contributions on domestic violence issues threads/- he is an interesting common sense and compassionate poster- leave him alone
Just trying to stop the violence, ma'am - can't stop the violence by allowing one 'side' in an artificially created conflict free rein to attack the other.... and then bringing in the government to stomp on somebody on suspicion and even go much further...
Remember that African nation... I thought that was very apt...
Yes - cyber-stalking is an issue - but hardly one in which there is direct contact and thus potential confrontation that may MAY lead to violence.
How many such are simply poor heartbroken souls trying to restore their relationship and get a chance with their own kids? Is that really 'stalking'?
Seems to me that far too often the 'side' asking for peace and resolution is the one pood upon by this current piss-poor approach. Women have to man up and take some responsibility sometime and not just carry on about their 'feelings'..... what about other people's feelings? Worthy of no more than a punch in the face from a copper and a fit-up to send him to prison with a magistrate pretending to be a knight in shining armour when he's a total arsehole.
These 'laws' should never have passed first hearing in a court of LAW.....and should have been immediately sent back for re-writing - starting with removing the deeply offensive and wrongfully used term 'violence' for all such cases.
Then a fair approach would have been to make any 'orders' on both sides - and not hang men out to dry as some sort of vicious and nasty woman-bashers over any trivial nonsense.
It's not just women who use this. I had a male neighbour take out a dvo on me over 20 years ago. I never threatened him, I never beat him, his excuse was he "felt" threatened after being led down the path by whoever gives this crap advice... Because of that and my firearms license I was raided by cops with metal detectors. I appeared in court and said I have no need or want to contact him or be near him. It's not just women that use this shite.