" By finding him guilty but not punishing him, he will be made to feel guilty and the chance of him reoffending will be prevented, without socially impairing the man "
So that judge is either a rapist or an idiot.
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I would say he's a rapist, yes. He clearly doesn't consider rape to be a problem.
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This article feels super rage bait-y to be honest. Like my first reaction at the title is of course, being like "thats fucked up" but as im reading it, it feels like this article was written in a manipulative way. There's no sources at all, can't find any using English google, decided to literally figure out how to search Dutch google in Dutch just to find something more reputable and there's only this one site, which has 2 articles, the only 2 links in either is one article pointing to the other, and another link to what is clearly (from the add/article layout) a Belgium tabloid of some kind.
Like nothing about the people involved or the situation, but this website is some shit, and so is the other one covering this. They may be on the right side of this story but this website itself feels incredibly un-credible, and I wouldn't think to assume Belgium has some sort of news media problem where like, the gossip tabloids are the last bastions fighting for bodily autonomy and consent, where it would make sense that there is no other source.
Thanks. That's the kind of comments Reddit was great for a long time ago. Now it's just immediate jump to outrage without anyone reading the article or doing any research when in doubt. And you even posted your conclusion. That's just very very helpful
Thank you, this means a lot.
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vrt.be is a very reputable site and not a tabloid. It belongs to the Flemish public broadcasting service, and they mostly write articles in Dutch. They do have an English section as well, though obviously it's not as thorough as their Dutch site. After all, we are a Dutch speaking region.
I can assure you that this case is very real, and has been all over the Belgian media the past week. Just google "verkrachter leuven", and you'll literally find hundreds of news articles about this case.
decided to literally figure out how to search Dutch google in Dutch just to find something more reputable
Looks like you didn't do a very good job then.
I appreciate the info but it would be a lot easier for them to demonstrate their legitimacy by using reference links that point somewhere besides their own internal articles, as opposed to the burden being on me to familiarize myself with a language I don't know and entire nations culture/media landscape on a dime, in order to do that job for them.
They could be less lazy if they are reputable.
Edit: PS the one site they linked to (on the dutch version of the article, not the English one) was the one I said was a tabloid. It very clearly is a tabloid and it basically has the exact same formatting and color scheme as The Sun.
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Ok I can understand if he was caught with pot, drug paraphernalia, or drunk driving (without injuring someone).
But raping someone? Idc if you’re talented or have a bright future you should have it on your record or face a punishment like probation
no sentence be passed as this would result in the accused having great difficulty in finding work in the medical profession.
I wonder why the medical profession doesn't want rapists.... 🤔
Oh, and he's going to be an OB/GYN.
Just a coincidence, of course. Because he cares that much about women.
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There is going to be a new trial, everybody chill out.
fuck if i understand belgian law, but it seems appropriate to say what the fuck is this
I don't think it matters where this happened. IMO, "what the fuck is this" is the appropriate reaction to giving no consequences for rape. This would also apply to a litany of other offenses, but in this case rape.
I also think rape is one of the worst things anyone could do to another, right up there with slavery, torture, and other, similar things. I would consider murder to be less offensive, since at least then the person doesn't have to work through the trauma after. It's a mercy. Still unacceptable in a civilized society, but anything you have to live the rest of your life dealing with, is worse IMO.
A fate worse than death. In this case, getting SA'd, and having your attacker convicted and let go because of bullshit like this. Idk about you all, but that would fuck me right up.
In Belgium a couple of years ago a brown student died during a hazing at a fraternity. Every one involved , all white and sons of doctors, lawyers and judges, basically came away scott free. They were all sentenced to community service and weren’t found guilty for criminal negligence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Sanda_Dia
Belgium has a elitism problem. Bet if this rapist was a brown medical student or a street sweeper or something he would’ve gotten jail time.
Well let's Brock Allen Turner this motherfucker
What's the guys name? You're right that we need to treat him like that other rapist, Brock Allen Turner.
Are you guys talking about the rapist, Brock Allen Turner, or a different rapist named Brock Allen Turner?
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It was posted here by someone but it got removed. I guess we reddit now
Oh well, wonder where I can search to what a promising career looks like to a rapist
The man hasn't been named by Belgian media. 😠
Internet detectives, hear my call! Find the name of this rapist so that we may plaster it everywhere like the rapist Brock Turner!
Just like Brock Turner, the rapist!
The man hasn't been named by Belgian media.
Yes, because that's illegal in Belgium, if not the EU.
The man has been suspended from his university though
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They were both drunk. She was more drunk.
Thanks for pointing this out.
He claims that he asked her several times if she consented and that he had been given the impression that she did.
Seems like it was more of an "unintentional rape", like manslaughter is unintentional murder. Wrong: yes. Bad judgment: yes. Deliberate malice: maybe not.
yeah i fail to see how this is rape. i guess every drunken hookup we later regret is a rape
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She was unable to walk-drunk, he got her home.
This guy wants to be a gynaecologist for fucks sake.
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JFC, I was afraid this was in the US. I'm not pleased to realize there are other places just as fucked up. Though in the US the excuse for letting him off would have to be that he was rich, not brilliant.
Belgium, for those wondering.
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Obligatory reminder that Belgium has a unresolved problem with a pedophile ring raping and murdering children with impunity, enjoying protection and likely having direct involvement of the highest ranks of politics, police and judiciary.
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