EPTNorwegian student risks 35 years in jail in the US - Page 12
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McBengt
Sweden1684 Posts
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Hinanawi
United States2250 Posts
If it really went down like the article says it did, not even Arizona would do something like that. Pull your heads out of your asses please. I'll bet if someone published an article saying that a little boy got 10 years in prison for littering a gum wrapper in America, half of you would believe it. | ||
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Opeasy
107 Posts
On April 25 2012 01:57 CaptainCrush wrote: You're not the first Norwegian I've seen saying this in this thread.... news is always biased in some way. If you think that your particular channel or country is any differnet, then I think you're being a bit naive... Oh wait, I guess you already know that then? I don't think naive is the right word. Norwegians like to think the best of people, and we also hope people will think the best of us. That is a quality I am proud to have. Calling us naive, is not very nice. | ||
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KeksX
Germany3634 Posts
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bennyboi
Norway2 Posts
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GrandMaPwnZ.
Norway84 Posts
On April 25 2012 02:20 Opeasy wrote: I don't think naive is the right word. Norwegians like to think the best of people, and we also hope people will think the best of us. That is a quality I am proud to have. Calling us naive, is not very nice. It may not be very nice, but it's to some extent true. Many tourist just doesn't think to adapt their behaviour in accordance to the country and culture they are in. Sometimes it's considered naive, and other times it's considered rude. It goes both ways. | ||
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
On April 25 2012 02:20 Hinanawi wrote: Gee, this sounds completely reliable and definitely isn't a tabloid-quality shock story meant to allow Norwegians to get in their daily circlejerk about how shitty the US is. If it really went down like the article says it did, not even Arizona would do something like that. Pull your heads out of your asses please. I'll bet if someone published an article saying that a little boy got 10 years in prison for littering a gum wrapper in America, half of you would believe it. They also like to look at only the absolute maximum people could possibly get for something, before the case is even overlooked by a judge, and think that's what people ARE going to get. It's like when Mitt Romney was glitter bombed. The angst filled people reading it on TL saw something like 6 months in jail for whatever he was initially charged with, and thought that's what the person was getting. The US is so barbaric!!! In reality the judge threw out the charge and gave him a misdemeanor, as everyone sensible knew would happen. | ||
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Cutlery
Norway565 Posts
On April 25 2012 01:04 Madkipz wrote: Well, unlike sensationalist media norwegian media tends to be fairly accurate. SOrry, but no. Tabloids lie and make up stories here aswell. Obviously this isn't entirely made up; as there is an interview with him behind bars. And it sounds like something from a very bad dream. . . but what's up with him getting kicked out of school for being a terrorist, and getting randomly beat up outside.. and now this? Is it a grand series of unfortunate events, or is there something strange about this guy? Either way, someone hurt their pinky toe; can't give him 5 years for that........... | ||
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GrandMaPwnZ.
Norway84 Posts
On April 25 2012 02:24 DannyJ wrote: They also like to look at only the absolute maximum people could possibly get for something, before the case is even overlooked by a judge, and think that's what people ARE going to get. It's like when Mitt Romney was glitter bombed. The angst filled people reading it on TL saw something like 6 months in jail for whatever he was initially charged with, and thought that's what the person was getting. The US is so barbaric!!! In reality the judge threw out the charge and gave him a misdemeanor, as everyone sensible knew would happen. I believe the sentence could be from 5-35 years. 5 years minimum is quite a lot. | ||
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Hinanawi
United States2250 Posts
On April 25 2012 02:28 GrandMaPwnZ. wrote: I believe the sentence could be from 5-35 years. 5 years minimum is quite a lot. IF CONVICTED. Do I need to make a flowchart? I can draw one in MS Paint if this is difficult to grasp, but for now I'll just type this: === For each charge (may be multiple of varying severity), Is client guilty of charge? If yes ---> (minimum) to (maximum) years in prison If no ---> charge thrown out === But yeah, it's okay. To people reading this tabloid garbage, he's apparently already been found guilty of the most serious charge and he's serving 5-35 years in prison, what a fascist hellhole Amurikkka is. | ||
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
On April 25 2012 02:28 GrandMaPwnZ. wrote: I believe the sentence could be from 5-35 years. 5 years minimum is quite a lot. Well, I'm not directly referring to this cause, but once again im pretty sure it's people don't understand whats going on, and just focus on some arbitrary number. There is absolutely no way in hell this dude got charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon if he just ran over someones toe. Thats also IF it stands. The glitter bombers didnt stand. | ||
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PraccOrc
Norway16 Posts
On April 25 2012 02:35 Hinanawi wrote: IF CONVICTED. Do I need to make a flowchart? I can draw one in MS Paint if this is difficult to grasp, but for now I'll just type this: === For each charge (may be multiple of varying severity), Is client guilty of charge? If yes ---> (minimum) to (maximum) years in prison If no ---> charge thrown out === But yeah, it's okay. To people reading this tabloid garbage, he's apparently already been found guilty of the most serious charge and he's serving 5-35 years in prison, what a fascist hellhole Amurikkka is. According to vg.no he has already been found guilty, they are now finding out what sentence he should get. Livestream from the trial: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/thomasnilsson (very laggy atm!). Edit: new stream link: http://www.vgtv.no/#!id=52167 | ||
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Reapafied
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theBOOCH
United States832 Posts
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Hinanawi
United States2250 Posts
On April 25 2012 02:43 PraccOrc wrote: According to vg.no he has already been found guilty, they are now finding out what sentence he should get. Livestream from the trial: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/thomasnilsson (very laggy atm!). Does it say what he was found guilty of, and the rationale for it? Also, does it go into more detail about him getting kicked out of school for suspicion of 'terrorism' in 2002? I mean maybe that would be a good story about evil racists if he was arab, but this is a chubby white kid, I don't get it. Also yeah, that stream is skipping constantly for me and I can't hear anything. | ||
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stormssc
Poland125 Posts
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shell
Portugal2722 Posts
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Reapafied
65 Posts
On April 25 2012 02:52 stormssc wrote: Every time I hop on teamliquid, I see a thread about something stupid happening in the US. EVERY TIME. And you probably believe most of them without ever checking for basic sources. Not trying to knock you personally just the over all tone coming from people posting and reading these threads. | ||
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shell
Portugal2722 Posts
This is not a bash, this is the truth.. They are the world police, unfortunatly they are not the brightest of fairest or even a clean police.. User was temp banned for this post. | ||
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Undrass
Norway381 Posts
On April 25 2012 02:50 Hinanawi wrote: Does it say what he was found guilty of, and the rationale for it? Also, does it go into more detail about him getting kicked out of school for suspicion of 'terrorism' in 2002? I mean maybe that would be a good story about evil racists if he was arab, but this is a chubby white kid, I don't get it. Also yeah, that stream is skipping constantly for me and I can't hear anything. He was taking a biochemistry class. After 9/11 the University of South Alabama in Mobile was afraid of more terrorism. Larsgard, being a foreigner with access to dangerous material in the labs, was therefore a obvious threat. They were basically concerned that he would poison the water-supply of a city. Thus, Larsgard was kicked out of that class because he could be a terrorist, because he was a foreigner. Larsgard later sued the university and won the case. http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2001/10/12/287340.html | ||
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