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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

My hopes are low, let's put it like that

But they were also pretty low for Robert Murat, so, I don't like media vigilantism anymore.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not really comparable between the media feeding frenzy surrounding the McCann disappearance and a US sex tourist being caught in a hotel with 2 children.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I just picked the first one when you google "media ruined life"

It's a matter of principle

There's hundreds of examples, pick your favorite

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Again, not really comparable.

He is not someone like the guy framed by all the Reddit imbecilic sluths after the Boston marathon bombings, nor is he like Christopher Jefferies, accused by the media of murdering one of his tenants, just because he's a bit eccentric.

The guy was caught in a hotel room with children in an area known for sex tourism & he chose to bolt the country after his arrest.

It's not like it's an farcical comedy where a series of events transpired and his trousers fell down just as the police entered the room.

If you don't want your name released after being arrested in a hotel with local children entirely unrelated to you, then maybe don't invite local children up to your hotel and be getting arrested.

Like I said previously, I find it incredibly fucking easy not to be a child raping paedophile. It's so easy that very little thought goes into it so I don't have to deal with the consequences of even it being inferred despite no evidence of any crime having taken place.

So much so that I have zero fucking empathy for anyone that is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not comparable

It's a matter of principle, pick any of hundreds of examples if you want a comparison

Again, not comparable

Some people

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I'm not the one defending paedophiles.