You are very cynical.
I'm sure those very same posters would be compelled by their compassion,
to pay themselves the transportation/prison costs of bringing the girl
back to the UK etc (thus sparing the UK taxpayer the cost) .
I think suggesting that those who believe that she should be returned to the uk should pay is ridiculous tbh.
She is (as I understand it) a UK citizen and has no other nationality.
To strip her of her citizenship would be to make her nationless. This is an illegal act and would be an extremely dangerous precident to set.
Following the rule of law has sod all to do with compassion but why is compassion being mocked?
I have not read a single post on her that says she should be released and that be the end of it.
In my view she should be returned to the uk and if she is suspected of criminal acts (as has been suggested...I believe joining/supporting IS was a criminal act at the time) she should face a trial.
I fail to see why those who disagree are being told that that they should pay.
Justice costs money and when corners are cut due to the ridicule of "do gooders" terrible miscarriages of justice occur so innocent people are locked up and the guilty remain free...look at the Birmingham 6, Guilford 4, Carl Bridgewater case, PC Blakelock case...plus numerous others particularly involving the North Yorkshire police back in the 1970s and 80s.
This debate is showing a lot of the fault lines in British politics imo.
If someone hurt my kids I would want them dead...that's why we have a justice system...so it is not mob rule or revenge killings.
How we respond is vital in showing how a democracy values ryle of law and due process. It shows we believe that a mob mentality can not rule a society.
People have strong feelings which is understandable, people disagree, again understandable but some of what's on here, particularly the veiled suggesting of rape as some kind of punishment is beyond disturbing.
I also think
@brb and
@PISKIE have raised important points which need to be addressed to prevent others being, for the want of nother term, groomed in future.