Wednesday, March 14, 2012
A crime too far
I am, or at least consider myself to be, gay-friendly. I've have and have had gay friends. I can't say any were my best friend, but so be it.
Still, this prosecution bothers me. If Ravi isn't found innocent, I'll be sad. It's a bad, sad story all around, but I'm not sure how ruining this kids life makes anything better, especially not for pretty typical 18 year old hijinks that wouldn't be an issue if the kid didn't kill himself for unknown reasons.
Note: testimony indicates the mom rejected the boy when he came out, but there she is behind the prosecutor, and no charges for her.
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Hmm, while I don't think Ravi can be found innocent (because what he did is kinda screwed up), I don't really think he should be charged for "bias intimidation," although it's hard to know exactly what happened without reading court transcriptions (I don't trust the news). He needs to be punished for invasion of privacy, etc, but 10 years of prison isn't going to help anyone.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure you can invade the privacy of your own living space, especially not common space. A bathroom, maybe, and for longer than the time Ravi viewed, ok, but a couple seconds of viewing his own space... I'm not sure I want to go there.
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