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This fuckin' protocol is a wild mix of prison abolitionists and people who think it's hunky-dory for a man to lose six months of his life for doing dumb shit with a statue.
Not to defend the prison sentence but he did a lot more than just harass a statue.
The statue wasn’t even a factor in this court case as I understand it.
I don’t think cannabis should be criminalised. Doesn’t mean I’m going to spark up in Singapore or not think someone is an idiot for doing so.
Either you’re a fan or haven’t read much into this dude. This dudes career was going around to other countries being disrespectful, racist, inflammatory and an overall cunt for content. He’s finally facing some modicum of justice for actions that span well beyond “doing dumb shit with a statue”. Dude was insulting the judge and saying he would go around to their house mid proceedings. Literally too stupid to not be punished.
I don't know anything about this asshole and I sure didn't learn anything from this abysmally misleading article.
He was convicted of 8 charges, none of which were about the statue incident. Those cumulatively carried a potential maximum of 41 years in prison, or 10.5 years max for the single largest charge (sexual violence).
I don't think any of your assertions apply to any of the comments in this thread.
Then fuck this article, because none of that is in there.