Thread: I don't have much sympathy for this bloke

Originally Posted by Eevo

Getting HIV is a risk when u penetrate someone. Consent or no consent doesn't increase or decrease that risk.

That might sound cold but that's the way it is.

That may be the case, but if you penetrate someone illegally, it's not their fault if you then get HIV.
Particularly as this woman was unconscious, she couldn't say to said scum sucking parasite of a rapist "Stop, I have HIV"
QED it's not her problem, it's his.

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

That may be the case, but if you penetrate someone illegally, it's not their fault if you then get HIV.
Particularly as this woman was unconscious, she couldn't say to said scum sucking parasite of a rapist "Stop, I have HIV"
QED it's not her problem, it's his.

Whos saying its her problem??

Then we need to look at the questioning of sentencing.

For instance, there's an example of a magistrate giving a rapist a lighter sentence because it was more considerate to have slashed the victims throat before raping her than after. Despite the fact she lived through it all.

Now that's ****ed up.

Originally Posted by clubagreenie

Now that's ****ed up.

That's a slight understatement.
The fact that irritates me is the fact that if a person admits to an offence, they're required to receive a lesser sentence

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

That's a slight understatement.
The fact that irritates me is the fact that if a person admits to an offence, they're required to receive a lesser sentence

try and look at it the other way around.

if they deny they did the offence, they need a bigger punishment to convince them/rehabilitate them.

Originally Posted by Eevo

try and look at it the other way around.

if they deny they did the offence, they need a bigger punishment to convince them/rehabilitate them.

Doesn't work though.
Studies have shown that harshness of punishment is no-where near as effective a deterrent as certainty of punishment.
Doesn't matter how harsh the punishment is, if the potential offender thinks they're going to get away with it the harshness of the punishment isn't really a consideration.
I just disagree with the idea that if someone commits an act like murder, rape, pedophilia, particularly if they're a repeat offender, then just because they say yes I did it doesn't entitle them to a lesser punishment.

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Doesn't work though.
Studies have shown that harshness of punishment is no-where near as effective a deterrent as certainty of punishment.
Doesn't matter how harsh the punishment is, if the potential offender thinks they're going to get away with it the harshness of the punishment isn't really a consideration.
I just disagree with the idea that if someone commits an act like murder, rape, pedophilia, particularly if they're a repeat offender, then just because they say yes I did it doesn't entitle them to a lesser punishment.

ive read that the death penalty doesnt work as a deterrent at all.

Originally Posted by Eevo

ive read that the death penalty doesnt work as a deterrent at all.

Perhaps because a large majority of the offenders were under the influence of drugs or suffering the withdraws of prescribed drugs for mental issues?
I do not know but would be interesting to see if there is a independent study about it.