Australia: Man jailed over Facebook page that rated women's sexual performanceThe State of Victoria has some very oppressive laws about speech. This is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Crimes of actual violence sometimes earn no jail time. One hopes this verdict is overturned on appeal.David McRory, 22, pleaded guilty in Bendigo Magistrates' Court yesterday to using a carriage service to offend and publishing objectionable material online.
The court heard McRory and a friend, Joshua Turner, 22, started a Facebook page that rated the sexual performance of women from Central Victoria.
The defence counsel said in court that McRory - the Facebook page creator - did not mean to cause long-term harm. But he was still given a four-month jail term, which the magistrate said would send a strong message to the public about what was acceptable behaviour online.
McRory's lawyers said they would appeal against the sentence.
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I get the distinct impression that Australia, like the Brits, are trying to recreate the Berlin of the mid to late 1930's. Could it be that the Aussie's reputation for being a strong, freedom-loving people has been nothing more than a myth?
ReplyDeleteand ditto the USA!
ReplyDeleteGet a foreign friend to start the page. Then they can't come get you, or at least the state would have a much harder time of prosecuting you. "I told some guy about so and so, and he posted it online." When that is prosecutable I'll laugh (then cry).
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ReplyDelete"Hey JJR, instead of moaning and bitching about the USA, why don't you first try to fix your own fucked up country?"
Thank you for your confidence in my abilities
"Thank you for your confidence in my abilities"
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'Offence' and 'objectionable material' is a morass of uncertain scope and seems to be simply a way to allow prosecution of whatever the cops deem inappropriate.
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