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5 months in jail for graffiti
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Glacier
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5 months in jail for graffiti
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maryjane48
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Re: 5 months in jail for graffiti
Glacier wrote:Too harsh or not severe enough?
Oshawa man jailed five months for anti-Muslim graffiti at bus stops
not enough for hate speech
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Jlabute
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Re: 5 months in jail for graffiti
Seems excessive to me. The judge used to be an Indian lawyer. Are there not jail sentences for Islamic extremists who teach killing of Jews or non-Muslims? The guy is also diagnosed as mentally ill, so perhaps treatment would had been better. The judge was unsure of alot of things yet still gave a long sentence. The judge says he wasn’t convicted of a hate crime but continued to call it a hate crime.
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Catsumi
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Re: 5 months in jail for graffiti
And yet murderers get away with lighter sentences.
Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice. There’s a certain point at which ignorance becomes malice, at which there is simply no way to become THAT ignorant except deliberately and maliciously.
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Re: 5 months in jail for graffiti
5 months for graffiti/vandalism, impo no jail time. Just give them a toothbrush & tell them to clean their 
ing graffiti/vandalism off.
ing graffiti/vandalism off.I don't give a damn whether people/posters like me or dislike me, I'm not on earth to win any popularity contests.
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TylerM4
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Re: 5 months in jail for graffiti
I'm not sure how I feel about this one.
My 1st thought was "That's more than just graffiti"! Then I saw the picture of the graffiti. Black marker used to write "No More Muslims" on a single bench slat (not in huge letters). While I certainly don't like/support the message, I think it's a bit of a stretch to call it hate speech or spreading hate.
I suppose for me it would come down to prior record/history. If this was the 1st time the person got in trouble with the law I'd say that 5 months in jail is a little steep for writing "No more Muslims" with a black marker.
My 1st thought was "That's more than just graffiti"! Then I saw the picture of the graffiti. Black marker used to write "No More Muslims" on a single bench slat (not in huge letters). While I certainly don't like/support the message, I think it's a bit of a stretch to call it hate speech or spreading hate.
I suppose for me it would come down to prior record/history. If this was the 1st time the person got in trouble with the law I'd say that 5 months in jail is a little steep for writing "No more Muslims" with a black marker.