I have no interest in rehabilitating pedophiles (assuming 'young boys' meant 'young'), for such crimes are so abhorrent that said perpetrators thereof can rot in jail. I also have no idea whether ACT had any moral liability here, but I am hoping not, for I believe in the party. People should not judge ACT for the awful misdeeds of one man, just as we should not judge Te Partly Maori for the madness of Waititi, or Mr Ferris etc. (Nay, TPM should be judged solely on the basis that their entire ethos is racist & totally fucked up...)
Nice to actually see the courts acknowledging the impact on victims. A refreshing change from what we have become used to over the last few years. Are we seeing a change in direction at last?
I have no interest in rehabilitating pedophiles (assuming 'young boys' meant 'young'), for such crimes are so abhorrent that said perpetrators thereof can rot in jail. I also have no idea whether ACT had any moral liability here, but I am hoping not, for I believe in the party. People should not judge ACT for the awful misdeeds of one man, just as we should not judge Te Partly Maori for the madness of Waititi, or Mr Ferris etc. (Nay, TPM should be judged solely on the basis that their entire ethos is racist & totally fucked up...)
Strikes me that he didn’t offer to donate to charity to get a lesser sentence…maybe he is simply not in that “league”…
Nor to achieve name suppression…
Bank balance not big enough?
Nice to actually see the courts acknowledging the impact on victims. A refreshing change from what we have become used to over the last few years. Are we seeing a change in direction at last?
Never excuse predatory sexual abuse, but that's a very long time- not very 'just' all round if you ask me.