Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: And so it begins, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
I’d suggest they just obey the law. If it’s good enough for the Education Ministry, Hekia Parata and her staff…
I gather that the large majority of school boards are aware of and obeying the law.
My beef is more with Fairfax. I wouldn't expect to change their minds on publishing this shitty data, but the more we can hold their feet to the fire, the greater the incentive for them to think really bloody hard about what they're doing. And the consequences of that.
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Hard News: Living with the psychopath, in reply to Gudrun Gisela,
Why is the mother not leaving this man and taking her baby to a hospital?
She did take her baby to the hospital. That's what led to the conviction.
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Hard News: Living with the psychopath, in reply to Joe Wylie,
That’s pretty grim. I can only hope the learned judge knows what he’s doing.
She. I hope so too. The sentence is certainly an outlier. But I prefer a system where sentences are handed down by judges who have heard the all the evidence and eyeballed the defendant, and not people who just read about it in the paper.
On my reading of the story, the baby will stay with the mother, who took her to the hospital. Hall will be required to provide financial support on his release from home detention.
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Meanwhile, Eric Young is an unprofessional dick.
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Field Theory: Never alone with Metenolone, in reply to Hadyn Green,
*I would pay to see a movie with Valerie Adams in a Jason Bourne-type role
Fuck yeah. But more of an action movie. Already have mental imagery of Val laying waste to villains.
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Field Theory: Never alone with Metenolone, in reply to Petra Jane,
Androgens like testosterone are naturally present in all women, but can be elevated in women with conditions like polycystic ovary syndrome. As far as I can tell, hyperandrogenism is the only (non-doping-related) physical condition that can result in a qualified athlete being barred from Olympic competition, even though the links between female hyperandrogenism and athletic performance are tenuous at best
It’s a bit more complicated than that. Anabolic steroids are derivatives of testosterone. Indeed, the first steroids used were testosterone. If there were no limits on serum testosterone, women would effectively be obliged to use it to compete at elite level in some sports – with hideous consequences for the health of those women, including birth deformities in their children. It's not regulated because the authorities are being sexist jerks.
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Hard News: Living with the psychopath, in reply to Joe Wylie,
The horrible outcomes of people who are essentially children having children – and given the often ghastly consequences there’s nothing cute or innocent about that – is a world away from the unrepentant Wilson’s refusal to engage with society on anything but his own terms.
Indeed.
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Hard News: Living with the psychopath, in reply to Gudrun Gisela,
Why do you think these individuals offend? Because the consequence is almost nonexistent.
Do you seriously believe that? That the primary cause of his offending was that he thought it through and decided that the consequences would not be too severe if he did it? Really? Do you actually believe that was the thought process?
He would have hurt that baby because he did not want to take care of it . He gets what he wants.
Did you even read the story? He actually kept offering to take care of it and offering assurances he was fine. God knows what was actually going on in his head, but I'm fairly sure it wasn't what you imagine.
To even think of his career or apprenticeship at such a time is mind boggling. What kind of judge would think this way?
Perhaps one who had heard all the evidence in court, as opposed to having read about it in the paper once.
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Hard News: Living with the psychopath, in reply to DexterX,
This being an example of a ridiculous sentence.:
One helpfully selected and presented for you by your friendly daily newspaper, yes.
If you read the story, it seems a bit less ridiculous. It's clearly a horrible, fucked-up scene: assaults committed on a baby by a teenager who presumably didn't know how to cope or admit that he couldn't cope.
But the judge's reasoning is outlined in the story: he was just below the threshold upon which home detention could be considered. She clearly believed that it was better that he return to work after his year's home detention, not least to financially support his child.
You might not agree with the judge's reasoning, but I would far, far rather live in a country where judges, and not newspapers or mobs, do the sentencing.
There is evil doing and people that possess evil such that there is no possibility of redemption. In these instances permanent incarceration seems best.
You surely are not suggesting this is such a case, though?
And we do have a provision for permanent incarceration. It's called preventative detention.
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Hard News: Living with the psychopath, in reply to Lilith __,
You want to torture the guy?? Not even the Sensible Sentencing Trust is asking for that!
Yeah, quite. See the point in the original post about doing justice to our own humanity.
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