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I compose this email with a very heavy heart. My name is Brian Baker, at 14 years of age I was found guilty of murder by a jury, by way of police corruption. *That was over 47 years ago & I am still very affected by the truama & injustices of the said system at that time. *My parents were not rich people, they did suffer great financial hardship in affording me legal representation. *There was no such thing as legal aid back then. *The trauma, the stresses, & the unbearable pain, the agony suffered by myself & my poor parents, what they went through during this time was catostophic. At 14 years of age I sentenced to a "life of imprisonment". I was then sent to do my time in the main stream "ADULT SECTION" of "LONG BAY PRISON" that housed hardened, notorious criminals. *Please keep in mind that I am "still only 14 years of age, (not even an adult, still a child)" when this sentence was wrongly imposed on me! *An appeal was finally approved after me having to waste 13months of my life, "my youth" in goal in the company of hardened, notorious criminals awaiting my new trial! *The new Justice & my Barrister did uncover illegal Police tactics & Police corruption at it's worst. *The JURY was then directed to equit me immediatly of the false charge! *Another person did admit to committing the said crime, but that was after "I had already served (stolen childhood) 13 months of my childhood" in an ADULT prison awaiting my new trial that resulted in equital & my innocence proven beyond any doubt. As conseqence of this trial the RULES of the LAW books were changed forever, on the strength & the merits of my case. New laws were implemented back then & are are still in use as of to-day! I was released from LONG BAY GOAL when I was still only15 years old & equitted from my wrongly imposed, SENTENCE OF LIFE IMRISONMENT. *I have never been offered any compensation for this "horrific childhood experience" of being inprisoned in an ADULT PRISON for that 13 months my youth that I have been deprived of. To this day I remain emotionally scarred forever because of the this injustice! *I have never been offered any councilling for the injustice imposed on me, because of my wrongful arrest by the corrupt Police back then! *I have had not had any quality of life since my release all those years ago. My family have suffered through no fault of their own or any flaw of their character. When my children were growing up, often their hearts & spirits were broken. This often happened to them, when their very best childhood friendships' would suddenly cease. The parents (P/servants) had access to my past. The parents would then forbid any contact with my children. To this day I am still constanlty intimidated by the NSW (P/servants) called police. *Even to this day it does not matter where I move to, certain citizens (that have the authority to access my past) of the communities seem to make it public knowlege, to make others aware of the murder charge, from all those years ago. These same P/Servants do not get around to informing the citizens of the true circumstances that led my wrongful arrest & imprisonment or to the fact that I was equitted of that charge of murder, no sensationlism in that I suppose, might make certain P/Servants look bad!! *So pleeease show a little bit of compassion, not everyone that "is charged with a crime is neccessarily guilty" on the strength of what the Police say & have chosen to charge innocent people with!... True real life event, this does happen, can anyone help me please? Yes, compensation would help! Can't erase the past, but could make what future life, I do have left, a little bit more tolerable! Your Sincerely, Brian Baker |
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Hi, I hope that like me, you are appalled to learn that this year 1.2 million children were trafficked into slavery or prostitution. That's right – this year more than one million girls and boys around the world were either sold or tricked into leaving their families by offers of schooling or other false opportunities. Instead they were ruthlessly forced to provide hard manual labor, working long hours for little or no wages. It is especially bad for girls, who are often sold into prostitution, trafficked as "mail order brides," raped by their "employers," and turned out onto the street. Will you join me in asking Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to help put an end to this egregious human rights violation? Just click the link below to sign the petition. www.planusa.org/endtrafficking2 I know you agree with me that child trafficking is horrific, but the demand for cheap labor and child prostitution means that 1.2 million more children will be trafficked in 2010 if we don't make it a global priority to protect them. Please join me in signing Plan's petition asking Hillary Clinton to prevent 1.2 million more girls and boys from being trafficked next year. www.planusa.org/endtrafficking2 |
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WHY THE ALONE AND THE LONELY HATE CHRISTMAS As
the Christmas season approaches each year there is a very large but
almost invisible group of people who dread its coming. These are the
lonely people and the people who are alone, for whatever reason they
may have. For many, loneliness has become such a way of life that they find that any approach of friendship is something they despise. Not because they do not want it but their experiences in life have shown them that, so often, this friendship is very false and meaningless, especially at Christmas time. The feeling of being alone and the feeling of loneliness, while being outwardly similar, are, in reality, vastly different. Being alone is the simple one. This is where the person, for whatever reasons that may exist, finds themselves without special and personal companionship. There are many reasons for this and they include, relocation due to work or similar, loss of companions, unemployment and extreme shyness. These are not the only reasons, by a long way, but they do to give people an idea as to what aloneness actually is. These are people who can be from any walk of life and any social structure. Aloneness is not a respecter of a person's status in life. These people are alone and without personal friends and, when Christmas comes around, the celebration of the world with gatherings of family and friends heightens this feeling within and, in the extreme cases, bring about suicide. The clue to this aloneness is isolation, real or perceived, that effects the individual. On the other hand, loneliness does not necessarily mean being alone. They may have many friends and family around them but, for one reason or another, find themselves being "left out" of the companionship aspect, especially at Christmas time. Two of the most common causes are the loss of a long time and deeply loved partner in life and, the second, is single (especially older people - 40+) people who feel left out , especially at gatherings when family and friends have partners and children at the gathering but they have no-one to share the time with. This group of people are often very difficult to identify unless you are aware of this issue and know the person reasonably well. It is often very difficult to detect such people but they will often move away from the crowd and sit alone or just wander aimlessly around at a gathering trying to attach themselves to a conversation or activity but not feeling comfortable about it. This group of people are high risk potential suicide victims, because they appear to have "everything" and yet, inside, they feel they have and are nothing. Society has much to answer for on both of these groups, but especially with the latter group when it is so easy to be "involved" with your own family not to be aware of what is happening to those outside your inner circle, even if you genuinely care for that person. Now being involved with your immediate family is not wrong, but it can blind people to the needs of others. So why does this become more of a problem at Christmas time? During this "rush" period of the year everybody is looking at how they can celebrate (and how often) that it is easy to overlook the ones who fall into these two categories. People, by nature, are social animals and they love to gather. The bigger the gathering, the easier it is for these victims to slip away unnoticed by the main stream of people. Of course, some are easy to spot. These are the homeless people who have no-one in their lives and no where to live. They live in the streets and "survive" as best they can. However, I believe that such people only make up around 20% (or even less) of the overall number of alone and lonely people of the western world. You see, the western world has turned its back on the extended family (and in recent times even family) and this is where the major cause of the problem stems from. There isn't enough concern for those outside the immediate circle to notice people who are alone and lonely. Once this condition starts, it can get rapidly worse until it finally reaches the point where the person shuns any approach of care and friendship. This has the ongoing effect of severe depression, which so often, sadly, culminates in suicide. I urge people to take the time to be aware of such people and take the time to involve them in friendship and care as much as you can. This will give them the gift of life which, otherwise, may end up being taken from them. This problem is abuse. It is abuse by society, due to its selfishness and greed and there can be no other way to describe it. |
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Having recently come across your site, I realise that this might be the
place where I might get someone who can answer my long standing
question.
I am a much older gentleman who has, in my lifetime, had a number of relationships with women who came out of a previous abusive relationship. Now I don’t want to sound like a goody-goody but I am not into abusing woman. I was brought up in a family where we were taught that women were to be honoured and respected and I have put that into practice in all my relationships, regardless of my partner’s former experiences. The big gripe I have has been with the women I have been with who had previously been involved in abusive relationships, one that was very physical to her and her children. In each case I treated these women with the love and respect that they deserved to have, but in each case I was left by these women so that they could return to a relationship where they were once again abused. In each case, the women concerned bemoaned the abusive relationship they had previously had and stated how glad they were that the former relationship was over. However, within a few years they had left me and started going with men who were abusive to them from the very start (in one case, the woman concerned was still in a relationship with me when she started seeing her next abuser behind my back). My big question is why? You women claim to hate being abused yet you seem to want an abusive relationship in preference to one where you would be loved. I also know other men who have had similar experiences, so I know I am not unique in this situation. I would be very interested to hear through this forum spot on this site from woman who may be able to supply me (and many other people) with some form of answer to this rather strange situation that keeps on repeating itself. |
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All child abuse should be reported and dealt with, and punishable (not
just a slap on the hand and let out to abuse again). I live in the U.S.
and there are a number of states who are mightily tightening their laws
on child abuse. Claire Reeves (who wrote the promo for the back cover
of my book) has been instrumental in getting these laws changed...one
main state was California. Claire is the Founder/President of MASA
(Mothers Against Sexual Abuse) and she works tirelessly in government
to tighten these laws. Also, when we traveled abroad a few years ago in the Caribbean, I did a little research on my own while we were on tours. I asked our guides in each city we stopped, "Do you have much child abuse here." In every instance they would answer with words to the affect "No, you touch the child, you do life in prison." It was no 3 strikes and you're out...ONE time and you do LIFE in prison. This is what needs to happen in every state of the US and in every country of the world. You mentioned that the scars of abuse "leave emotional bloodshed" on all of us by the guilt of our societies. You are right; but it is also on all of us as a financial and emotional burden due to the numbers of humanity who have to be locked up. Our prisons today are FULL of perpetrators who were victims themselves...it has snowballed from generation to generation, and is a burden on all of society. We MUST stop this horrendous epidemic (and THAT is what it is...no matter what anyone says) so that our children and grandchildren don't continue to pay in future generations for our complacency. Thanks again for all your efforts. And please, whoever reads this and knows of someone who needs healing from abuse, please refer my book, "Father, Forgive My Father". It is being called "the roadmap to recover" all across the country, and praise God, it is healing people so that they can live victorious lives through the healing power of Jesus Christ. Most sincerely, Sandy Lee, Author "Father, Forgive My Father" www.authorhouse.com www.barnesandnoble.com |
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