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Rioters need more than just punishment

Re: Emotion clouds govB次元官网网址檛 riot reaction, Our View, June 24, 2011.

Re: Emotion clouds govB次元官网网址檛 riot reaction, Our View, June 24, 2011.

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Sure, the government can spend megabucks of our money on a task force and prosecute the perpetrator but how will it really address or make up for what has happened and prevent it from happening in the future?

We could throw them behind bars and be done with it. But in the end, thatB次元官网网址檚 just telling them what to do or punishing them for their misdeeds. Essentially, it lets them off the hook.

As a professional personal coach, there is only one question I want to ask every one of those who participated in the Vancouver riot: B次元官网网址淪o what are you going to do to make this right?B次元官网网址

What if each and every rioter were relentlessly asked that question, broken record style until they came up with an answer that they could take ownership of and put into action?

Perhaps the more prudent action to take would be to gather together a B次元官网网址渢ask forceB次元官网网址 committee of their peers who politely suggest to each one of the rioters that they exercise their brain cells to come up with their own answer as to how they, individually, are going to make restitution to those businesses and individuals who were hurt during the riot.

The committee could also insist on a written action plan that covered all the five B次元官网网址淲sB次元官网网址 (who, what, when, where and why) and how the B次元官网网址渞ioterB次元官网网址 plans to let us all know they have done what they said they would do.

I believe that then and only then can real restitution take part and the process of healing begin. And hey, they just might learn something very useful about maturity, responsibility and accountability in the process.

Sharon House

View Royal

 



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