It's been a year!
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/aug/22/ben-gunn-prison-blogging
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- prisonerben
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- Previously known as "one of Britain's best known prisoners...he constantly questions authority and exposes the futility of the system" The Times, Ben was finally released from prison after 32 years in August 2012. Pleading guilty to the murder of a friend when he was 14 years old, he renounced violence and fought for the recognition of the inherent dignity of all human beings. As a result of speaking truth to power, he served far longer than the recommended 10 years, leading Education Secretary Michael Gove to argue that he had "been punished excessively for a crime committed as a child". One of the more intellectual of prisoner-campaigners, Ben chose to educate himself from schoolboy level to having both undergraduate and post graduate degrees. He is currently one of very few prisoners in Britain ever to attempt a Doctorate. Ben's speciality is non-violent action and the Human Needs Theory. Now on Life Licence, He is forging a career as a CJ policy consultant, writer and - as ever - campaigner.
And what a good one. You've certainly been catching up for lost time. Enjoy the next one too.
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Russell
Great - is it all you expected and hoped it would be? Would you change anything and if so how? Really interested to know your thoughts on this.
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Thanks for linking to that. I've only recently come to your blog and didn't know the background. I read a few of the comments, which ran the usual gamut, mostly of ignorance. Two in particular did interest me, though they're in their own way, pretty typical. One person objected because you never said THE words, "I'm sorry." The other said that you showed no remorse. It's minds like those that make me despair for the human race. Too many people have to be smacked over the head with a baseball bat. All they understand is formal words that they've been trained to recognize as apology or remorse. As far as they're concerned, you should be down on your knees, whipping your naked back.
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DeleteWhy are there people like you? Does it make you sound more intelligent to try and damage somebody else's point of view? How do you know what they want from the person they gave their views to. Do you know you are targeting them, that this you have written is a form of bullying? I do not know if your intelligent so should I have a go at you? Or I may see you as a smug person. Is that enough?
May this be the first of many milestones....
ReplyDeleteHope not.........Mr Gunn is a self serving egotist!
ReplyDeleteIt's the sheer quality of the abuse I like..... It has depth, insight, is comprehensively expanded and explained..... Oh, sorry.... Doh....
DeleteI wonder if Anonymous above was born like this?
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