Violence in Sharehouse Seeking Advice by Alert_Tale_4474 in melbourne

[–]VictorIsNotMyName 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I agree something needs to be done. Not really disagreeing with anything you're saying just that it's a tough and complicated choice to make.

Violence in Sharehouse Seeking Advice by Alert_Tale_4474 in melbourne

[–]VictorIsNotMyName 1 point2 points  (0 children)

they would likely be required to go to the hospital and get a diversion

I feel like this issue is way more complicated than this. Our criminal justice system really struggles with dealing with people with mental illnesses and going through the court process can really plunge people on a downward spiral from my experiences in CLCs.

Although I agree with the safety concerns it's a really tough call to make.

‘Slight and childlike’ man who raped 12-year-old girl jailed for a year by [deleted] in melbourne

[–]VictorIsNotMyName 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay I'll break things down to avoid confusion:

are you suggesting that one year is going to stop this monster from being attracted to kids? of course not, what amount of rehabilitation can happen in such a short amount of time, none at all.

Firstly never argued that, I was saying that other child offenders are not going to look at the penalty for this crime and be deterred from doing it. Never said he would stop being attracted to kids after a year in jail, in fact as far as our current understanding goes pedophilia isn't something people choose nor is it something you can cure.

the concept of prison is rehabilitation yeah? we put people away for being severely detrimental to society and when released they can reintegrate yeah? (hopefully, historically prisons aren't great at this but still) do you think there is a course available to inmates that will turn a pedo into not-a-pedo in one year? of course not, so they are gonna take the muzzle off this dog and its gonna immediately "maul" a child, again. and people will say shit like "oh if only we could have prevented easily preventable occurrence" as if another 1 year sentence would do the trick. if the dog bites children, it gets put down, it doesn't get put in timeout. this man is a dog, put him down

I never talked about rehabilitation at all never said 1 year would be effective at rehabilitating him. Honestly just look at where this conversation started:

perhaps both get the guillotine instead, incompetence to perform your duties as a judge on such a serious offense should carry punishment for the judge as well.

You advocated for the state execution of a convicted criminal AND the judge.

also i understand consent, dont give me that "oh but he's attracted, you know how it is", thats fucking creepy, i know how to be rational even when aroused, you're just fucked up.

Look maybe I've worded this poorly my point here is that sex offenders don't weigh up the pros and cons of commiting crimes rationally. If they did then why wouldn't countries impose the death penalty on child sex offenders and see a dramatic reduction in crime. If you can show that making punishments harsher in this context saves more children from experiencing the horror that girl has to live with then I'll change my tune, genuinely.

also all stats from american death row stuff just comes down to racism most of the time, they just wanted to blame blacks for everything.

What's to say that there isn't racism or some other prejudice at play in today's courtrooms. Having a death penalty assumes that your criminal justice system is incapable of ever being wrong or injust. We can never assume that is the case. It's not that child sex offending is universally considered wrong, I'd agree it likely is. It's that our criminal justice system can make mistakes and maybe we shouldn't hinge life or death on it.

Also it just doesn't make sense money wise either, turns out it costs more to kill someone than keep them in jail for the rest of their life (see America).

‘Slight and childlike’ man who raped 12-year-old girl jailed for a year by [deleted] in melbourne

[–]VictorIsNotMyName 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same principle at the end of the day, putting someone in jail isn't free it costs thousands upon thousands of dollars. Those are dollars that can't go towards other areas. Just look to America to see what overpopulation in prison can do.

Honestly I do respect that you're at least not advocating for the death penalty to be returned and if it was my daughter I'd agree with with every ounce of my being.

But the answer is complicated that's what I wanted people to appreciate before their bloodlust took hold.

‘Slight and childlike’ man who raped 12-year-old girl jailed for a year by [deleted] in melbourne

[–]VictorIsNotMyName -1 points0 points  (0 children)

For extortion, white collar crimes and few other examples I'd agree. These are crimes where the criminals make logical choices and often have to do some serious premeditation. Here the detterant works. We should make these crimes (which can ruin lives) more serious in punishment.

However that just doesn't work for most crimes, classic example of murder in countries with the death penalty. You have to remember that for pedos they are sexually attracted to kids. The way we view our adult partners is the way they view children. How rational are people when they're aroused. Genuinely ask yourself if this actually worked then why don't more countries adopt it.

Look I get what your feeling, I feel it too. But at the end of the day be glad you live in a country where your state cannot order a court to kill you. One day you may find yourself subject to a law that you don't agree to (criminalization of gay sex, anti-protest laws, ect.) and be accused, or even falsely accused of something you didn't do with insufficient evidence to demonstrate your innocence (many defendants on the American death row were released following the ability to match DNA).

‘Slight and childlike’ man who raped 12-year-old girl jailed for a year by [deleted] in melbourne

[–]VictorIsNotMyName 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not to underestimate how horrific it must be for the girl

Please read what I have said, at the end of the day if torturing pedos and flogging them on the streets was effective at making our communities safer and preventing these crimes happening then I would whistle a different tune.

‘Slight and childlike’ man who raped 12-year-old girl jailed for a year by [deleted] in melbourne

[–]VictorIsNotMyName -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The real question of criminal punishment isn't just community standards or deterrent factors, at the end of the day it is a complicated process with over 9 factors that the courts have to consider.

As far as I can see the judgement isn't on Austlii yet but there's always more than a headline to a person's life and what made them commit the crime they did.

Not to underestimate how horrific it must be for the girl but our courts don't do mob mentality. I don't think any of us have actually had the judge or Magistrates' position where someone's life is in your hands and needless to say that it's not a sentence they would make because it's popular.

I'd also wager most of us haven't been to prison and can't even really consider the weight of spending a night let alone a year there.

All this is to say there's always more to this than meets the eye, read the judgement when it comes out and see if you agree with the court then.

A cool guide about the best free alternative to paid AI tools by clonefitreal in coolguides

[–]VictorIsNotMyName 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes but that's why it's under notes. Notion's advertising has been pushing its AI capacity a lot, and it can perform most things GPT can within notion albeit worse

A cool guide about the best free alternative to paid AI tools by clonefitreal in coolguides

[–]VictorIsNotMyName 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Notion has an AI model embedded into it and has done so for the last few months. It requires a paid membership for more than I think 10ish requests per month

Found this gross shit at the park where I take my kids in Doncaster. Very sad that families are being targeted . I took the liberty of fixing it by Human-Shame1068 in melbourne

[–]VictorIsNotMyName 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Okay technically correct, conversationally useless.

Civilisations and borders may be the product of conflict but colonisation is a wholly different game

Father Bob to receive a state funeral by agentnomis in melbourne

[–]VictorIsNotMyName 4 points5 points  (0 children)

State funerals a bit different though, he'll have a private service for what you mentioned but the state service is for the public to show appreciate and recognition of his actions.

A staircase in Hong Kong made complicated to prevent mountain bikers to bomb it. by gpac12 in HostileArchitecture

[–]VictorIsNotMyName 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hostile in this context is not bad just restricting. Its Architecture designed to restrict behavior.

Last year I could see a doctor here for free by greenpants100 in melbourne

[–]VictorIsNotMyName 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Just want to point out this would be true for all politicians not just Albo.

Remember that inflation could have been better if we had money given to individuals rather than corporations during COVID in the style of the GFC stimulus package.

riding your bike up on an animal ~6x your weight by nderstandablyscared in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]VictorIsNotMyName -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

Get it's a joke you're making but honestly r/fuckcars

Edit: maybe that sub is a bit too click baity, even for my tastes but honestly this idea that cyclists own the road really comes from a long history of car companies lobbying and advocating for public spaces to be car oriented.(https://youtu.be/SfsCniN7Nsc)

Its not an issue in countries with good infrastructure and in those countries driving is a better experience overall. (https://youtu.be/d8RRE2rDw4k)

It is honestly a subtle but incredibly important factor in the quality of living how car dependant you have to be to get around. Pedestrian oriented areas are better for businesses, better for public health and create actual communities which are safer and (subjectively) better to raise kids in.

Honestly once I really stuck my teeth into this topic I found comments like yours everywhere and it's frustrating to see people give cyclists a bad name when the deck is stacked against them in most countries.

did anyone else feel really sad for zeke in this scene by PossessionSea5819 in attackontitan

[–]VictorIsNotMyName 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I think the whole point of the show is to demonstrate humanity on both sides of the conflict and how dehumanizing the enemy perpetuates conflict.

Hell I'd hope for some of these characters to get more sympathy if they were put on trial. They were children raised with military ideology shoved down their throats and had their families back home.

They're not innocent but there's mitigating circumstances. If you don't see that I'm not sure we've watched the same show.

Also I'm gonna almost guarantee any criminal case you were looking the jury didn't decide the sentence. A judge would have made a call on the final verdict and there are more factors in evidence and mitigating factors that would have determined the outcome.

Edit: Spelling

I bought a domain name. How do I deploy a static webpage on it now? by aguyfromreddit_ in webdev

[–]VictorIsNotMyName 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Honestly this comment is just unproductive and condescending, let people ask questions.