A South Australian teen has appeared in court after allegedly stringing fencing wire on a bike path — but he says he's innocent.
  • vividspecter@lemm.ee
    6·
    13 hours ago

    Read it as “wire tap” for a moment, and thought that was an odd thing to do.

    This sort of shittiness reminds me of coal rolling. Just pointless anti-social behaviour likely aimed at “greenies”, although this is even more dangerous of course.

    • Aussiemandeus
      31·
      10 hours ago

      It’s nothing like coal rolling.

      This is like killing dogs and cats

    • NaevaTheRat [she/her]@vegantheoryclub.orgEnglish
      4·
      7 hours ago

      It’s horrible but he’s 18. This isn’t some unredeemable monster, just a stupid kid who’s done something awful. A long imprisonment is like the worst thing possible, killing him would be kinder, cheaper, and less likely to lead to future crimes.

      Again he’s 18. Hooking him up with a social worker and a therapist is likely the best for society and the kid.

      • Zagorath
        3·
        4 hours ago

        As someone in the [email protected] thread said, once could be explained as an impulsive stupid kid. Two separate occasions shows deliberate intent to cause serious harm or death.

        While I wouldn’t say they’re totally irredeemable, this is easily serious enough to warrant a significant gaol sentence, not merely a therapist while being otherwise on his own recognisance.

        • NaevaTheRat [she/her]@vegantheoryclub.orgEnglish
          2·
          3 hours ago

          What do you anticipate the likely outcome of a gaol sentence early in life to be? If it’s not recidivism I would suggest you study criminology some. Fuck even my bastard of a BIL cop prosecutor recognises that sending kids to gaol just gets them coming back again and again.

          Revenge is a childish desire. Uninformed punishment is just revenge torture. Any civilised justice system, or perhaps more truthful a properly uncivilised one, should have harm reduction and restitution as the goal. Not satisfying bloodlust.

          • ZagorathEnglish
            2·
            3 hours ago

            I support radical reform of our justice system, to follow something more like the Nordic model.

            But in the meantime, violent offenders can’t just be set free. The justice system should seek rehabilitation, yes, but also prevent reoffending. And someone who has already reoffended after the dangerous consequences have been revealed has clearly demonstrated that there is a need to prevent reoffending. This isn’t a non-violent offence like theft. The offender (whether it’s the arrested 18-year-old or not) needs to be prevented from harming, or potentially killing, someone more than he already has.

            This goes extra if, as is likely the case, the crime was committed with hate against a vulnerable group as the motive.