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Dutch beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde, who served time in prison after he was convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl, won his second match at the Paris Olympics and received an even harsher reaction from the crowd on Wednesday than for his first match.

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[–] ByteOnBikes 150 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (95 children)

Just booing?

He went to another country, raped a 12-yo, fled and after conviction, his government - the Netherlands, only decided to give him a year of prison.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago (71 children)

What else should they be doing? Storming the court and dragging him to a lynching tree? I'm guessing the French wouldn't be especially accommodating to such vigilantism.

[–] Junkhead 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

i think at the very least he deserves an ass whooping. not trying to get into vigilante wierdo justice here but it would be nice to see one less confirmed remorseless pedo in this world since the system has definitely failed in this case.

[–] Cokes@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So..you are suggesting the lynching tree.

[–] Junkhead 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

ya basically but im not trying to come off as a edgelord maniac saying its the responsibility of regular people to vigilante this guy. itd be cool if they did but i doubt that would make the person this piece of filth hurt feel any better. At the very least tho itd be cool to see him jumped and every bone broken in his body and him then turned into a vegetable thatd be cool.

[–] Cokes@feddit.org -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well, I'm sure you tried. It's still an edgelord maniac's take.

[–] Junkhead 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

l think its actually pretty reasonable to want a unrepentant pedophile rapist who has escaped justice to be served his just desserts. Im against the death penalty world wide because again justice isnt perfect and sometimes innocent people (especially in america and especially minorities) get executed. But in a rare case like this i think the gloves should be taken off a lil, but who knows maybe im just deranged.

[–] Soulg@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

You might not be trying to get into vigilante justice but you did anyway

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