- 23 Sep 2005
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"An environmental protestor who has been arrested with his daughter said she believed certain issues were important enough for her to risk her freedom.
Martin Wyness, from Hereford, was arrested after climbing the Japanese embassy in London in an anti-whaling protest earlier this month.
He said as a parent, he had a duty to allow his 14-year-old daughter, Sophie, to find her voice.
She said she was now "too aware" to stop and wanted others to get involved";
Full story;
BBC NEWS | UK | England | Hereford/Worcs | Protest father defends daughter
Personally i think he father was irresponsible for getting his daughter involved- this guy has been arrested 17 times over the last 17years, its obvious that his daughters actions are largely influenced by her fathers behavior.
IMHO, however one might feel about whaling, its not right to drag your kids into your personal battles with whoever you're against.
I've met some 14yr old kids in the past which were surprisingly mature and ahead of their years in their thinking, however at 14yrs old your opinions are likely to change massively over the next 7years as you become a fully fledged adult.
Most 14yr old kids simply don't have the experience and maturity to make big life changing decisions well, which is partly why when they commit criminal acts they are tried as juveniles rather than adults etc.
When i was 14, i thought i had got my idea's in life pretty sorted and to a level where i was unlikely to change them- but ah so much has changed since those young times! If i still had the same idea's now as i did when i was 14, i would probably be in the army right now and have a massive collection of video games and consoles etc back at home. I've changed a great deal since then and i would have a lot of regrets in life if i had been able to do everything i wanted back then at that age.
Anyways, i think the father is irresponsible for getting his daughter in all of this- she very much could have got a criminal record (i'm sure the main reason why she didn't is because the court probably realized that her father had massively influenced her actions in all of this).
Her father doesn't seem to care much for his long record of arrests, but he shouldn't have ever put his daughter in a position where she could get arrested and he shouldn't encourage her to commit criminal acts in the sake of her beliefs. What if she grows up and regrets her actions she did at 14years old? What if she ends up getting banned from the country and can no longer visit Japan? What if she gets a criminal record and this has a serious negative impact on her adult life in the future, like when she tries to apply for jobs etc?
IMHO, if her father really cared about his daughter more than his anti-whaling beliefs, then he wouldn't have put/allowed/encouraged her to be a situation where she could actually get arrested.
What do you think about all of this?
Martin Wyness, from Hereford, was arrested after climbing the Japanese embassy in London in an anti-whaling protest earlier this month.
He said as a parent, he had a duty to allow his 14-year-old daughter, Sophie, to find her voice.
She said she was now "too aware" to stop and wanted others to get involved";
Full story;
BBC NEWS | UK | England | Hereford/Worcs | Protest father defends daughter
Personally i think he father was irresponsible for getting his daughter involved- this guy has been arrested 17 times over the last 17years, its obvious that his daughters actions are largely influenced by her fathers behavior.
IMHO, however one might feel about whaling, its not right to drag your kids into your personal battles with whoever you're against.
I've met some 14yr old kids in the past which were surprisingly mature and ahead of their years in their thinking, however at 14yrs old your opinions are likely to change massively over the next 7years as you become a fully fledged adult.
Most 14yr old kids simply don't have the experience and maturity to make big life changing decisions well, which is partly why when they commit criminal acts they are tried as juveniles rather than adults etc.
When i was 14, i thought i had got my idea's in life pretty sorted and to a level where i was unlikely to change them- but ah so much has changed since those young times! If i still had the same idea's now as i did when i was 14, i would probably be in the army right now and have a massive collection of video games and consoles etc back at home. I've changed a great deal since then and i would have a lot of regrets in life if i had been able to do everything i wanted back then at that age.
Anyways, i think the father is irresponsible for getting his daughter in all of this- she very much could have got a criminal record (i'm sure the main reason why she didn't is because the court probably realized that her father had massively influenced her actions in all of this).
Her father doesn't seem to care much for his long record of arrests, but he shouldn't have ever put his daughter in a position where she could get arrested and he shouldn't encourage her to commit criminal acts in the sake of her beliefs. What if she grows up and regrets her actions she did at 14years old? What if she ends up getting banned from the country and can no longer visit Japan? What if she gets a criminal record and this has a serious negative impact on her adult life in the future, like when she tries to apply for jobs etc?
IMHO, if her father really cared about his daughter more than his anti-whaling beliefs, then he wouldn't have put/allowed/encouraged her to be a situation where she could actually get arrested.
What do you think about all of this?