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Originally Posted by LG17
That offence wasn't the only one he was found guilty of...
There was reckless conduct endangering serious injury to other motorists, drugs...
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My mistake - my issue is with the three months sentence handed down on the 'outraging public decency' charge.
My thoughts are that charging someone over 'offensive behaviour' over what they've said is contradictory to western values in democratic countries - especially in 2021 with how Melbourne behaves.
You don't have to agree with anyone but freedom of speech is a pillar of a free and democratic society - putting someone in prison over people finding something they've said 'offensive' is a slippery slope and is open to abuse.
Hell I'd be exploiting that If I was in a position to do so, I'd be getting my archaeological hat on and digging through people's social media profiles and see how many people who were pains in my *** I could get sitting in front of magistrates.