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[aussieb]

I always thought that the laws of the particular country you were visiting or living in prevailed over the laws and customs of other countries.

Apparently this is not so in Australia! Cultural differences can be a defence? WTF??

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26248782-952,00.html

The law is indeed an ass!

[Sooke]

So, when we're here, we "must understand Korean culture." When they're in our home countries we "must understand Korean culture." Got it.

Same BS happened in Vancouver a couple of years back:
http://www.nospank.net/koreancp.htm#korea4
And the money shot: "The father didn't realize he was subject to Canadian laws governing assault, Mr. Wolf said, nor did he know that his form of discipline was illegal. The stress of the incident has taken a toll on the entire family, Mr. Wolfe said. The children's mother is now physically and emotionally ill and has returned to South Korea with the father to seek medical treatment." Bwa-ha-ha-hah!!!

But in all fairness, we get the same kind of leeway here. In fact, here is a recent article about me getting busted for drugs in Korea:

"Judge Park said the man was only 33 at the time and his sole experience of dealing with stress was how he had been brought up in Canada, which had involved extensive use of marijuana when dealing with stress or relaxing with friends.

Judge Park said he accepted the man was trying to ensure an awesome time but he had been misguided in his actions."

[Xuanzang]

[calicoe]

I often come down hard on abuse cases, but I thought the judgement here was very good. They took the entire context of said abuse and intent into account, and didn't just react. However, I'm sure or at least hope that in is suspended sentence, he is required to attend anger management and parenting classes.

[Old Gil]

Intent? Who abuses a kid and says "it's cuz I love the NFL"?

[Old Gil]

Sorry but the logic here is just astounding:

[jvalmer]

[aussieb]

In Queensland, "context" & "intent" count for nothing when a child has been physically disciplined/abused by a parent or guardian.
A child attending school with ANY bruising can be reported by a teacher (or any other member of the public) to the child safety department as a suspected abuse case.
Child safety officers will interview the parents, the child, other siblings and the school regarding the incident and the general care provided by the parents. They advise the parents that an adverse finding may result in criminal charges for assault/neglect/abuse and that the child(& other siblings) may be removed from their custody.
Physical discipline of children (rightly or wrongly) is not tolerated in our society.
Normally additional sentencing conditions such as anger management etc are usually reported but have not been in this case.
This was not a one off, minor occurrence. He was guilty of one count of common assault and 6 counts of the more serious charge of assault causing bodily harm over a period of time.
I have never seen "cultural differences" successfully used as an excuse for a series of serious assaults before.
This conduct, while commonplace in Korea is far from acceptable behavior in this country.

[Sooke]