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ABC KID
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eamo

Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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3 years 3 months is not enough.
One can only hope pedo's get the same treatment in Thai jails as they do elsewhere. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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One would think that decent people would rise above the base desire to wish another person be the victim of a crime. One would think that decent people would be aware that it's not really the crime for which the person is incarcerated that leads him to becoming a victim of other prisoners, but his means to defend himself.
One would also think that a person would read the whole story and realize that the particular criminal in this case is going to be tried for another crime. No doubt, he'll find himself serving more time in a Thai jail than the current schedule provides for him.
I agree that the man's sentence is light in comparison to what he probably would receive in our home countries; however, he has been sentenced to serve time in a jail in Thailand. I seriously doubt that the conditions there are anything at all like they are for prisoners in Canada.
I find the man's crime disgusting. And I find the wish for another person to become the victim of a crime also to be a disgusting thing.
So, for the poster above, a question: So, you think justice would be the man be abused by another criminal? What, then, should the other criminal's reward be for meting out that abuse? What if the other criminal is in prison also for molesting a child?
It drives me around the bend to see normally decent, upright people taking glee in a vicious crime being perpretrated or wishing such a crime on another person.
By the way, in case anyone's wondering, yes, I am against the death penalty in all cases. |
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ABC KID
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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CentralCali wrote: |
One would also think that a person would read the whole story and realize that the particular criminal in this case is going to be tried for another crime. No doubt, he'll find himself serving more time in a Thai jail than the current schedule provides for him.
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I did read all of the story. Assuming the same sentence is repeated for the second trial making six years and six months, I think it is fair to say that some would still argue he got off very lightly indeed... |
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cheeseface
Joined: 13 Jan 2008 Location: Ssyangnyeon Shi
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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Castration would have been a better sentence...... |
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Captain Marlow

Joined: 23 Apr 2008 Location: darkness
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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eamo wrote: |
3 years 3 months is not enough.
One can only hope pedo's get the same treatment in Thai jails as they do elsewhere. |
i second that... he has ruined these childrens' lives... they will be carrying this baggage with them through all of their future relationships and experiences, and i see no way that this will be positive...
on the other hand, this disgusting piece of s**t spends a bit of his life in prison, then will be out to, most likely, commit the same crime...
i wouldn't feel at all bad if he were given a life sentence, and, in fact would feel that the world was a better place for it...
centralcali, get off the high horse please... |
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whatever

Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Location: Korea: More fun than jail.
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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^Agreed on the last bit.
The sentence is ridiculously brief, no matter the conditions. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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ABC KID wrote: |
CentralCali wrote: |
One would also think that a person would read the whole story and realize that the particular criminal in this case is going to be tried for another crime. No doubt, he'll find himself serving more time in a Thai jail than the current schedule provides for him.
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I did read all of the story. Assuming the same sentence is repeated for the second trial making six years and six months, I think it is fair to say that some would still argue he got off very lightly indeed... |
You'll notice that I said in my post above that I consider his sentence to be too light. He pled guilty during the first trial and thus the judge sentenced him to 1/2 the maximum sentence. He's currently denying the charges for which he's facing another trial. Seems to me that if he doesn't change that tune, he'll be getting a bit more time in Hotel Bangkok.
cheeseface wrote: |
Castration would have been a better sentence...... |
You see, only barbaric places such as Saudi Arabia still practice mutilation as a punishment. |
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R-Seoul

Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Location: your place
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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CentralCali wrote: |
One would think that decent people would rise above the base desire to wish another person be the victim of a crime. One would think that decent people would be aware that it's not really the crime for which the person is incarcerated that leads him to becoming a victim of other prisoners, but his means to defend himself.
One would also think that a person would read the whole story and realize that the particular criminal in this case is going to be tried for another crime. No doubt, he'll find himself serving more time in a Thai jail than the current schedule provides for him.
I agree that the man's sentence is light in comparison to what he probably would receive in our home countries; however, he has been sentenced to serve time in a jail in Thailand. I seriously doubt that the conditions there are anything at all like they are for prisoners in Canada.
I find the man's crime disgusting. And I find the wish for another person to become the victim of a crime also to be a disgusting thing.
So, for the poster above, a question: So, you think justice would be the man be abused by another criminal? What, then, should the other criminal's reward be for meting out that abuse? What if the other criminal is in prison also for molesting a child?
It drives me around the bend to see normally decent, upright people taking glee in a vicious crime being perpretrated or wishing such a crime on another person.
By the way, in case anyone's wondering, yes, I am against the death penalty in all cases. |
Good post, well written. |
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whatever

Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Location: Korea: More fun than jail.
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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CentralCali wrote: |
You see, only barbaric places such as Saudi Arabia still practice mutilation as a punishment. |
Barbaric? What about the barbaric-ness of his crimes, many of which have yet to be prosecuted/will never be adjudicated? |
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cheeseface
Joined: 13 Jan 2008 Location: Ssyangnyeon Shi
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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CentralCali wrote: |
cheeseface wrote: |
Castration would have been a better sentence...... |
You see, only barbaric places such as Saudi Arabia still practice mutilation as a punishment. |
Chemical castration would be fine. |
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seoulteacher
Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Location: Seoul
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