Montana judge defends 30-day sentence for rape

[merithyn]

I don't think he's a serious risk to accost children on the street, he's a risk if you give him positions of authority over children.  It's not that it's a lesser crime (I could see arguments for more severe punishment), it's that it's different.

FYP

And since he's an adult, he will always be in a position of power over children. He will be a risk, as is shown by the fact that he was warned off by school administrators four years before he took advantage of this particular child.

[sbr]

I don't think he's a serious risk to accost children on the street, he's a risk if you give him positions of authority over children.  It's not that it's a lesser crime (I could see arguments for more severe punishment), it's that it's different.

FYP

And since he's an adult, he will always be in a position of power over children. He will be a risk, as is shown by the fact that he was warned off by school administrators four years before he took advantage of this particular child.

What makes you more qualified to decide that than the expert who said he was low risk to re-offend?

[merithyn]

I don't think he's a serious risk to accost children on the street, he's a risk if you give him positions of authority over children.  It's not that it's a lesser crime (I could see arguments for more severe punishment), it's that it's different.

FYP

And since he's an adult, he will always be in a position of power over children. He will be a risk, as is shown by the fact that he was warned off by school administrators four years before he took advantage of this particular child.

What makes you more qualified to decide that than the expert who said he was low risk to re-offend?

Being on the internet gives me infinite knowledge of other people's abilities, knowledge, and intelligence. Duh.

[DGuller]

Being on the internet gives me infinite knowledge of other people's abilities, knowledge, and intelligence. Duh.

Maybe we're not so different after all.

[Ideologue]

Being on the internet gives me infinite knowledge of other people's abilities, knowledge, and intelligence. Duh.

But what about math skills?

[grumbler]

He sounds like a dreadful individual. If I were a relative I wouldn't let my kids near him.

Relax.  Half of what Seedy says is hyperbole.

[sbr]

What's the other half? 

[Eddie Teach]

What's the other half? 

Rants against corporate fat cats.

[Admiral Yi]

What's the other half? 

Building narratives, speaking truth to power.

[Neil]

I thought that was the hyperbole part, and the other half was loving animals and good football teams.  And I guess Notre Dame.

[Admiral Yi]

Fair enough.

[Admiral Yi]

Though on second thought I'm not sure his football commentary meets the highest standards of objectivity and dispassionate analysis. 

[Neil]

Obviously the NFL got to you, and you're a part of the anti-Ravens conspiracy.

[CountDeMoney]

No shit.  But Yi was in DC long enough, he was Jack Kent Cooked.  Obvious Foreskins operative.

[grumbler]

I thought that was the hyperbole part, and the other half was loving animals and good football teams.  And I guess Notre Dame.

Half of Seedy's comments are hyperbole and slander.  The other half are attempted hyperbole and slander.