Aussie sentenced to 3 years jail for trolling

Dj_Jestar · 20 Apr 2011 at 17:56

The Aussies are *insanely* anti-paedo. If you took everything that the keyboard warriors post on here about paedophiles, and made it RL, you'd be close to what the Aussies do.

Edrof · 20 Apr 2011 at 18:09

Too many people are 'big men' on the internet and get into arguments they wouldn't dream about starting in real life. GD has its fair share

Glad the fellow in the link is getting told off; I wonder what his future neighbours will think of him.

Vonhelmet · 20 Apr 2011 at 18:14

Al Vallario said:
Rubbish. Three years imprisonment for causing absolutely no harm to anyone, just possessing some images?

Depends on the images. I'm prepared to believe that demand leads supply to a degree on these things. If he got them from somewhere/someone else then at the very least he can say where so they can work their way to the producers.

trigger-happy · 21 Apr 2011 at 13:50

manbearpig said:

yup that's perfect

edscdk · 21 Apr 2011 at 13:56

the guy obviously has something wrong with him, I bet he goes on to do somethign worse...

Tefal · 21 Apr 2011 at 14:00

some Austrian bloke got jailed for watching Simpson's cartoon porn....

Biohazard · 21 Apr 2011 at 14:01

Thing that's annoying me the most is that smug proud look on his face.

Beast :rolleyes:

wordy · 21 Apr 2011 at 14:05

scorza said:
Think a prison sentence is a bit harsh though, a booting would surely be a more appropriate judicial punishment.

Good one

Castiel · 21 Apr 2011 at 14:08

Dj_Jestar said:
The Aussies are *insanely* anti-paedo. If you took everything that the keyboard warriors post on here about paedophiles, and made it RL, you'd be close to what the Aussies do.

How can you be *insanely* anti-paedo?

Is there some form of Paedophilia that we should support??????

edscdk · 21 Apr 2011 at 14:14

Monserrat said:
Possession of child pr0n, with intent. That alone should be more than 3 years inside.

intent to distribute or frap?

Biohazard · 21 Apr 2011 at 14:15

In Spain if they can get to them first (or after) they will hang them in the rural areas.

Bring back hanging!!

Dj_Jestar · 21 Apr 2011 at 17:01

Castiel said:
How can you be *insanely* anti-paedo?

Is there some form of Paedophilia that we should support??????

Death threats, harassment, abuse (verbal and physical), kept under lock and key. All before trial, with blind eye turned to said abuse from guards and other inmates (who are kept in the vicinity) whilst in solitary confinement (again - before trial).

That's how you can be insanely anti-paedo.

bhavv · 21 Apr 2011 at 17:03

Castiel said:
How can you be *insanely* anti-paedo?

Is there some form of Paedophilia that we should support??????

Well, what if it is consensual?

Just saying, please dont burn me or throw me in jail

Tefal · 21 Apr 2011 at 17:05

Castiel said:
How can you be *insanely* anti-paedo?

Is there some form of Paedophilia that we should support??????

guy got charged for looking at cartoon Simpson's parody porn...

and that man is forever labelled as being a paedophile.

this is what the judge said

But in a landmark ruling he decided that the mere fact that they were not realistic representations of human beings did not mean that they could not be considered people.

that's right Bart Simpson is a person and presumably matt groening will be arrested if he ever goes to Australia for producing images of child abuse.

gambitt · 21 Apr 2011 at 17:13

Tefal said:
But in a landmark ruling he decided that the mere fact that they were not realistic representations of human beings did not mean that they could not be considered people.

By the same token I assume this judge would also consider the Itchy and Scratchy show to be considered very serious animal cruelty and anyone who views it is guilty of a crime...

Nitefly · 21 Apr 2011 at 17:14

Jesus, what a berk.

Tefal · 21 Apr 2011 at 17:16

Nitefly said:
Jesus, what a berk.

well Australia is the country that banned l4d2 until valve removed the armoured zombies from the aussie version because it was "violence against authority".

That's right brutally killing zombies is fine unless they wear a helmet then it's illegal.

Al Vallario · 21 Apr 2011 at 17:17

Tefal said:
that's right Bart Simpson is a person and presumably matt groening will be arrested if he ever goes to Australia for producing images of child abuse.

He ruled that the animated cartoon could "fuel demand for material that does involve the abuse of children," and therefore upheld the conviction for child pornography.

That is beyond absurd :eek:

By the same argument, toy guns could be seen to "fuel demand for real guns", so possession of a toy gun ought to lead to a conviction for possession of a real firearm...

Nitefly · 21 Apr 2011 at 17:18

Tefal said:
well Australia is the country that banned l4d2 until valve removed the armoured zombies from the aussie version because it was "violence against authority".

That's right brutally killing zombies is fine unless they wear a helmet then it's illegal.

Australia are oversensitive on some issues, but I was actually speaking about the 'troll' in the OP. Just seems like a great big nob.

Nitefly · 21 Apr 2011 at 17:27

Al Vallario said:
That is beyond absurd

There is actually a fairly convincing argument for the banning of such material in terms of causal links... which also has undeniable moral aspects, but you would have to be totally blind to fail to see that a large aspect of making something criminal is partially based on the morality of the societies they are made in.

You can even go as far to say that liberals that demand hard evidential proof for any restrictive legislation actually bog down the legal system by asking for unnecessary and unprovable evidence often entirely missing the point as why the legislation was to exist in the first place.

Complicated thing, law.