06-07-2016, 04:51 PM
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#941
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I believe in the Jays.
Join Date: Mar 2006
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I read a book about rape culture and the justice system in the USA, especially at universities called 'Missoula' by Jon Krakauer.
Reading this book and then hearing about this sentencing basically verifies everything that Krakauer wrote in the book.
It is worth a read for anyone interested in that subject.
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06-07-2016, 06:08 PM
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#942
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Franchise Player
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The "I Don't Want To Live On This Planet Anymore" thread
Have you watched The Hunting Ground? Great documentary re this subject.
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06-08-2016, 09:57 AM
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#943
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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How much you want to bet that the dude's dad either has his own company or "knows some people" and his son will be able to find a job just fine? He's a Stanford kid.
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06-08-2016, 10:42 AM
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#945
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Norm!
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I'm starting to feel bad about my stance earlier in this thing about saying that the short sentence is fine but his life is wrecked.
Looking at the people who surround this dirtbag piece of garbage, makes me wonder if a long sentence would scrub some of the self entitlement off of him and his family and friends as another friend jumps stupidly into the fray pronouncing that it wasn't the rape that's the problem its societies deference to political correctness.
http://www.vox.com/2016/6/8/11883112...-stanford-rape
Also in the words of the rapist himself, his defense letter to the judge where its all about him
http://www.bustle.com/articles/16559...-own-self-pity
This is one of the reasons why I like the idea of mandatory minimums for sex/violence based crimes.
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06-08-2016, 11:08 AM
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#946
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Language
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I get the anger, but I am not so sure about removal. Judges make tough decisions. If they make a mistake (as I believe was done here), the crown (or state) should appeal.
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06-08-2016, 11:56 AM
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#947
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How did that moron get into Stanford? That letter was excruciating to read.
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06-08-2016, 12:02 PM
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#948
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Chicago
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The words of his father, that he already has had 'a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action' is absolutely brutal.
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06-08-2016, 11:16 PM
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#949
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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Quote:
Originally Posted by peter12
How did that moron get into Stanford? That letter was excruciating to read.
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Athletic scholarship.
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06-09-2016, 10:18 AM
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#950
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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The man successfully challenged the bestiality conviction in the B.C. Court of Appeal based on the fact the activity did not involve penetration.
In a decision released Thursday, the high court affirms that ruling, rejecting the notion bestiality is an offence encompassing sexual activity of any kind between a person and an animal.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/best...624312?cmp=rss
Can we get that law amended then, please? Ugh. Gross.
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06-09-2016, 01:58 PM
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#951
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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Joe Biden reminds everyone why he would have easily won the US Presidential race
https://www.buzzfeed.com/tomnamako/j...wzz#.it1kN5LJJ
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06-09-2016, 02:35 PM
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#952
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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06-09-2016, 02:37 PM
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#953
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...s-in-2016.html
Most self-parodic thing ever:
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Meanwhile, more than 1,300 Oberlin students signed a petition calling on the college to make “C” the lowest possible grade such that no student would be deemed “below average.”
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06-09-2016, 03:09 PM
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#954
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
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I doubt even the Onion would run with a story that ludicrous. It would get the thumbs-down in an editorial meeting as too obvious and dumb.
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06-09-2016, 05:18 PM
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#955
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Craig McTavish' Merkin
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That was very well written. I don't know if her statement was posted here but it was linked to in that article. It's also eloquent, and I was as moved by it as Biden was. I hope everyone reads it.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/katiejmbake...bgv#.ifXMgMr2A
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06-09-2016, 07:05 PM
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#956
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USA Swimming bans Brock Turner for life!
Good decision.
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06-10-2016, 05:53 PM
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#957
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: The Sc'ank
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Can't he just go to another country and swim for them instead? I guess it kind of takes away his dream of competing for his home country, but it doesn't stop him from swimming at the Olympics.
The whole situation makes me sick and incredibly emotional. The fact that we have to be happy about his swimming ban in the States is just sad. I know people are saying that his life is over, but I don't see that. Once the Facebook posts and the heat dies down, I am sure he will be fine. It's not like guilt is going to torture him. He admits to no wrong doing. It was just booze and sexual promiscuity. And he'll have his dad in his ear, telling him how great he is and that he did nothing wrong.
Really makes me sick. Incredibly infuriating and sad to think of the effect this will have on victims of rape in the future. Even if your rapist is literally caught in the act, he will get 6 months, which will get cut down to three because he can swim fast.
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06-11-2016, 11:44 AM
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#959
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So Brock the Rapist Turner took pictures of his victim while taking her and sent it to his friends.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/accordi...o-his-friends/
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06-11-2016, 11:54 AM
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Norm!
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At some point you have to wonder how many lies the judge ignored when he came to his sentence.
Even today evidence is rising that he wasn't some inexperienced college student who drank to much. Pictures of drug use and heavy drinking prior to him going to college are starting to emerge.
I don't know the US justice system, but I'm sure there is a way to appeal this gross sentence. This kid is clearly a liar, a predator and a sociopath, he's dangerous.
On another note, if I was the victims brother or father, I'd be waiting for the day that the kid is released, any sentence received for beating him within an inch of his life would be worth it.
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