Posted on 05/01/2017 6:32:35 AM PDT by Kaslin
A teenager in Australia pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting 9 women and girls but was not sentenced to prison. Instead, he was put on two-years’ probation. Why? The judge reasoned that, as a Muslim who had immigrated from Afghanistan, “seeing girls in bikinis is different to the environment in which he grew up.”
Seriously? This young man assaults 9 different women and girls on a beach in Australia, and the court finds him not guilty because he came from a different culture?
I understand that in Afghanistan, women are required to be completely covered. And so, it would be quite a shock for a Muslim teen raised in that country to come to Australia and see so much flesh.
It’s for that very reason that some believers who come from conservative religious backgrounds avoid going to crowded beaches. They’re not into the bikini culture.
I can relate to that personally, which is why I avoid crowded beaches myself. I’m no more comfortable surrounded by women in bikinis than I’d be surrounded by women in their underwear.
But I fully understand that these women are not asking to be sexually assaulted, no matter how they’re dressed. And it would never dawn on me in a million years that I had the right to assault them because of their scanty attire. God forbid.
You might say, “But you were raised in America, so this is not foreign to you. You understand the culture, which is similar to Australia.”
That’s true.
But do you mean to tell me that this 17-year-old teenager from Afghanistan thought that what he was doing was fine? That, as he swam in the water and “spent two hours grabbing women, aged between 15 and 24 years,” he had no idea he was upsetting them?
The court was told that the “defendant grabbed his victims on their bottoms, breasts and, in three cases, their vaginas.” And the Crown attorney, Nick McGhee “said the defendant was seen swimming up to his victims ‘in quite a predatory manner’.”
And he had no idea this was a bad thing? He had no idea he was at a beach where these girls went to swim, not get assaulted? And, after the first girl reacted to him, he still thought they were inviting his predations?
The judge also noted that the young man had a difficult background, having lost his father in 2011.
But how, exactly, does this lessen his guilt before the court? How, precisely, does this mitigate his responsibility?
It is all too common for convicted criminals to have troubled pasts, and our prisons would be nearly empty if judges looked the other way because the guilty party was raised without a dad. (I don’t mean to sound uncaring here. I’m simply talking about a judge doing his or her duty.)
As for the idea that the teen came from a different culture and therefore was not fully responsible, how far will the courts take such logic?
“Your honor, I killed my daughter because she disgraced the family by dating a non-Muslim boy.”
“Your honor, I poisoned by son because he apostasized from the Islamic faith and became a Christian.”
“Your honor, I burned down the TV station because one of the hosts made disparaging comments about the Quran.”
“Your honor, I butchered the cartoonist because he mocked the prophet Muhammad.”
“Your honor, that’s just what we do in our culture. Please understand I wasn’t used to your way of doing things, and I’ll do better next time.”
Would the judge accept arguments like these? Hardly. (Or perhaps this same judge would accept such arguments. That’s what is really scary.)
What if you came from a cannibalistic culture where tribal disputes were settled with knife fights, and the winners ate the losers? How would this play out in court?
“Your honor, yes, it’s true that I roasted and ate my neighbor, but it’s a cultural thing. If I had lost the fight, I assumed he would have done the same to me. So, can I go home now?”
It’s bad enough that these girls and women have to deal with the trauma of being assaulted and groped. It’s even worse when the court sympathizes with their attacker rather than with them, finding a reason to look the other way. And what kind of message does this send to other Muslim immigrants, who will surely hear of this court case in the days to come?
Ironically, if an Australian woman living in Afghanistan decided to dress as she did in her home country, she’d be lucky to escape a mob assault on the streets, let alone experience leniency from the court. Yet in Australia, a young man guilty of multiple sexual assaults is let off the hook because of his Muslim background.
This is being open-minded to the point of utter foolishness. It sets a very dangerous precedent too.
“Fly him back to Afghanistan.”
On United with a stopover in Chicago.
Good story.
No, but some deserve to be ogled in deep appreciation for the female body.
Well, there ya go...
Sounds like the author has culture problems of his own.
So you’re blaming the victims?
The perps weren’t radical muslims. They were normal muslims.
Put all of the women who support those kind, gentle, moderate and sweet muslims on one beach.
Women who oppose islam on another. Protect the latter.
The former - let them enjoy cultural diversity.
Everyone who let this POS off should be shot.
I’m beginning to think that Islam is exposing liberal men’s secret hatred for and frustration with women.
“When the government no longer supports the public instead of criminals, or worse, when they take the side of criminals against the public, vigilantism results.”
Vigilantes are almost always peaceful, following all the rules to petition the government to change its ways. And when these petitions, and voting, are ignored and disdained by government, the vigilantes create legal means of self protection and defense against the criminals.
Typically, at this point, the bad government imagines the vigilantes to be a bigger threat to their power than are the criminals, so seeks to outlaw the vigilantes, or even to use violence against them, by the police, even in cooperation with the criminals.
This is about the final straw for the vigilantes, who still try to carry out the expulsion of criminals through less violent means. But if this is interfered with, the vigilantes finally resort to violence against the criminals, and maybe the police and the bad government.
By the time a superior government authority arrives to restore order, both the criminals and corrupt government are long gone, and peace and normality are already restored, along with an ongoing cleanup of any damages.
The superior government is assured that the situation is under control, the election of a new government will happen soon, and there is no possibility of a restoration of the previous government.
They will ignore it. When faced with something that does not fit their agenda , or facts they can not refute, they ignore both and continue on.
Many years ago when I a young man, my uncle (by marriage) told me this story… 1910 rural Tennessee. A young woman ran off and married a boy, who was not approved of by her family. But they was married and in 1910 Tennessee, marriage was sacred. Soon after the marriage, the husband (a no’count, bad to drink… per the terms of the time), began to abuse his young wife. Her father and brothers visited the couple’s home one night, beat the HAIL outta the husband and informed him his young wife would soon be a widow if the abuses continued... then instructed her to nurse her husband’s injuries.
To him her father ordered: “We expect you in church every Sunday with your wife”! His family complained to the local sheriff of the assault… but the sheriff responded: “Tis a family matter not under my authority”. The man did straighten up and he and his wife had a dozen young’uns and were married for over 50 years till his death in 1961. My uncle said the story was true, as the young woman was his sister. Such were the days of family “justice”!
It is a shame how the British legal system has developed to help criminals. Australia’s legal system is an extreme example of how a persons freedoms and rights have been destroyed.
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“teenager” should be horse whipped and placed in prison.
Judge should be horsewhipped and placed in prison.
The judge reasoned that, as a Muslim who had immigrated from Afghanistan, “seeing girls in bikinis is different to the environment in which he grew up.”
Seriously? This young man assaults 9 different women and girls on a beach in Australia, and the court finds him not guilty because he came from a different culture?
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This is an example of why I’m thoroughly convinced that eventually vigilante justice in western countries is going to become widespread. The criminal justice systems are politically incapable of protecting the public from the ravages of 21st century savages.
It seems that citizens should organize against this unequal treatment under the law.
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See post #59.
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