Reverse this hugely symbolic cut - Rape service funding

OCCASIONALLY public policy decisions are made that suggest we have learnt little enough from the sordid experiences of our past and that our self image as a caring, protective society — a Christian or even a post-Christian one — might not be as accurate as we might wish.

Sometimes decisions are made that indicate that some officials live in a state of wishful denial about the world around them and the obligations it forces upon all of us.

Sometimes unavoidable decisions are made because resources are scare, but occasionally, decisions involving relatively moderate sums of money and that point to an unacceptable mindset are made, decisions that have an impact completely disproportionate to the resources involved.