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Man Gets 12-Year Jail Sentence For Planting Child Porn On Enemy's Computer
An anonymous reader writes with an update to a story we discussed in August about Neil Weiner, a man who sought to ruin the life of a school caretaker by planting child pornography on his computer. Weiner has now been convicted on two counts of possession of child pornography and one count of perverting the course of justice. He was sentenced to 12 years in jail.
"The judge told Weiner that his plot to have Mr. Thompson sacked and prosecuted very nearly succeeded. Police had been careful not to make public their arrest of the caretaker and only informed those at the school who needed to know, he said. 'But you gratuitously and spitefully informed the local press so that he and his wife suffered the distress of the unwelcome publicity which followed.' Mr. Thompson's health and that of his wife suffered. The judge said: 'There are still those who believe, and probably always will, that he is a pedophile. I am wholly satisfied that Mr. Thompson is innocent.' ... Weiner had discovered the caretaker's password by looking over his shoulder one day and been caught doing so. When Mr. Thompson was asked why he did not change it, he said he wished he had, adding: 'Who in their worst nightmares would could have thought that anyone could stoop to do what he did?'"
You shouldn't be fired because you watch FOX News. You should be rehabilitated.
I am sad for you. You're too spineless to stick your name to your comments and yet have the gall to go on and question the realism I was raised with. If you're going to question my lifestyle, have the backbone to show your face Coward.
Now that that's out of the way, when I cross the road, I do not sit around and ponder the possibility that some maniac is going to maliciously and intentionally run me down with his car. I do, however, keep my eyes up and my gaze shifting back and forth so that I remain alert for the potential idiocy that is so prevalent in this world. Likewise, when dealing with people, I lock my gaze on their face and pay attention to how they react to my words and actions. I make a point to take mental notes if it appears that I've angered or hurt someone, and I remain even more vigilant when dealing with that person in the future. Of course, I apologize if I've overstepped a line and done something stupid myself.
I am not, nor was my father, saying that you should always assume the the worst will always happen. You misread his advice. He was saying that you should always assume that there is the potential for the worst to happen, and that you should remain vigilant for such instances. This world isn't made up of unicorns and candy canes Princess. Sometimes bad shit happens for reasons that could be avoided if all parties involved remained vigilant. A real human, a mature human, recognizes this simple fact and stands with his or her gaze leveled on the horizon.
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...And this wouldn't be a lot less of a problem if society weren't conditioned to grossly overreact and gang-stalk people because of a few images. In before slippery slope assholes who believe that every person who looks up heroin online is destined to be a junkie.
Mod parent up! If this case teaches us anything, it teaches us that we should get rid of laws which criminalize possession of child pornography. I have yet to hear one good argument as to why possession should be illegal. (Obviously, manufacture of child pornography using real children should be criminal; I'm talking about possession here.)
If I can be modded down for being a troll, can I be modded up for being an orc, or a balrog?
I guess it would've been better if he had just simply killed someone.