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RadiationTherapy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-23-10 09:58 AM
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9. "Brought over...as a birthday gift." We have no idea of the lives of the mega wealthy.
We think we do, but we do not.
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  -BIllionaire sex offender goes free - justice or injustice? howaboutme  Jul-23-10 09:30 AM   #0 
  - Quite possibly both or neither, but this is not trying to find out  dmallind   Jul-23-10 09:35 AM   #1 
  - His "sentence" was a joke.  FBaggins   Jul-23-10 09:40 AM   #4 
  - Probably so - but data on sentences for similar offenses is what we need to know for sure NT  dmallind   Jul-23-10 10:00 AM   #11 
     - Nope. We don't need "data"  FBaggins   Jul-23-10 10:06 AM   #13 
     - I'm "demanding" it of the article writers. It's their job.  dmallind   Jul-23-10 10:27 AM   #15 
        - Nope.  FBaggins   Jul-23-10 10:41 AM   #20 
           - The injustice claimed was leniency due to wealth however, not just leniency  dmallind   Jul-23-10 11:00 AM   #25 
              - "WHY" the injustice occured is a matter for speculation  FBaggins   Jul-23-10 11:10 AM   #26 
                 - NO - the claim was clearly made that this was due to wealth. That case is not proven NT  dmallind   Jul-23-10 12:36 PM   #27 
                    - Wrong again.  FBaggins   Jul-23-10 12:51 PM   #28 
     - I'm very familiar with this sort of thing  Alcibiades   Jul-23-10 10:55 AM   #24 
  - fucking kids, "outrage-stoking". silly people. nt  seabeyond   Jul-23-10 09:47 AM   #7 
     - They are stoking outrage over his sentence, not his crime. NT  dmallind   Jul-23-10 09:59 AM   #10 
        - the crime is tied into the outrage of the sentence. if the crime was petty, there would not be the  seabeyond   Jul-23-10 10:32 AM   #16 
  - He essentially bought the silence of the victims in an out-of-court settlement.  Selatius   Jul-23-10 09:37 AM   #2 
  - Possibly, I'll read up on  Fla_Democrat   Jul-23-10 09:53 AM   #8 
  - It's just the life of some kids.  meowomon   Jul-23-10 09:40 AM   #3 
  - K&R. So many examples of the class war going around today. n/t  Greyhound   Jul-23-10 09:44 AM   #5 
  - Do they care what we think?  howaboutme   Jul-23-10 10:33 AM   #17 
  - Two tier Justice System just as other aspects of Government.  OHdem10   Jul-23-10 09:45 AM   #6 
  - "Brought over...as a birthday gift." We have no idea of the lives of the mega wealthy.  RadiationTherapy   Jul-23-10 09:58 AM   #9 
  - Kubrick warned us.  Octafish   Jul-23-10 10:21 AM   #14 
  - I agree. The metaphor is all about exclusivity and separation.  RadiationTherapy   Jul-23-10 10:33 AM   #18 
  - Is this an example of too much disposable income?  howaboutme   Jul-23-10 10:47 AM   #22 
  - That is one of the most profound truths I've read here in a long time.  Greyhound   Jul-23-10 10:54 AM   #23 
  - Injustice, obviously. But most sex offenders get off light so clearly few actually care  uncommon   Jul-23-10 10:01 AM   #12 
  - Some animals are more equal than others. nt  Dappleganger   Jul-23-10 10:33 AM   #19 
  - Anyone want to bet that he was doing the same thing under house arrest?  chrisa   Jul-23-10 10:46 AM   #21 
 

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