Five day old baby was thumped by man in Manchester

[ippy]

If he's suffering from some mental illness we need to treat him and hopefully cure him. Regardless, he needs to be put on trial for assault.

I have no reason to disagree with you, it's just that even if we take your suggestion it's one of those areas where there no straight answers that's why I was wondering, what do we do with him and others that tend to come under a similar heading?

If we do ever get to a stage where we can kind of brain engineer these tendencies out of people, it then starts to get into somewhere like 'Brave New World' territory.

Just a poser; admittedly I suppose there's no alternative to putting him into some kind of protective custody.

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[Brownie]

Horrifying!

[jeremyp]

what do we do with him and others that tend to come under a similar heading?

We don't know what heading he comes under yet.

If we do ever get to a stage where we can kind of brain engineer these tendencies out of people, it then starts to get into somewhere like 'Brave New World' territory.

If it's either that or lock them up forever, wouldn't that be preferable?

[Harrowby Hall]

Just a poser; admittedly I suppose there's no alternative to putting him into some kind of protective custody.

If by that you mean prison, my guess is that he will have to be protected from the other inmates.