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Thread ID: 142858 2016-09-26 20:44:00 a law for us and a law for them, again 1101 (13337) PC World Chat
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1426501 2016-09-26 20:44:00 Wellington rugby player Losi Filipo unpunished for brutal street assault

www.stuff.co.nz

All good if he can be kept out of prison & turn his life around, but he should still have had a conviction & some level of punishment .
Looks like different laws for different people, again.

Rugby stars and the wealthy get lesser sentences .
1101 (13337)
1426502 2016-09-26 20:51:00 What the fu*k is wrong with the Judiciary in this country.

How can we make them accountable?
Zippity (58)
1426503 2016-09-26 21:11:00 There was a comment on Stuff re the rugby/stripper thing saying rugby players get a free pass, and that got hammered with thumbs down. They are untouchable, even those with a "promising career" Bizarre. Renegade (16270)
1426504 2016-09-26 21:18:00 Whilst this country is ruled by the wealthy, rugby-worshipping, so called elite, we will continue to be outraged by this sort of double standard.
Meanwhile, the rest of NZ must cower at home, unable to walk the streets safely, in case a drunken lout who happens to be good at a stupid
field sport, happens not to like the look of you and coward punches you, yet escapes any form of meaningful justice.

Pretty ****ed system if you ask me.
KarameaDave (15222)
1426505 2016-09-26 21:19:00 Most of us would loose our jobs if we went to jail.
Not sure why some are deemed on another level where it wouldnt be fair for them to go to jail & loose their job .

If NZ Rugby were really so concerned about this guy, they would have signed him even if convicted . Or do NZ Rugby think its OK if let off, but the same crime is not OK if convicted ?
1101 (13337)
1426506 2016-09-26 22:19:00 This isn't the New Zealand I grew up in. I would hate to see what NZ will look like in another decade or so, but being an old guy it won't worry me too much. Pato (2463)
1426507 2016-09-26 23:43:00 Beyond my comprehension, so can't comment, apart from I think the game is made up of thugs, so what do we expect. Cicero (40)
1426508 2016-09-26 23:58:00 .. apart from I think the game is made up of thugs, so what do we expect.

Its a game when "big hits" are seen as good thing.
A tackle so hard , the intention is actually to hurt the other player . Big hits, why not just give them 2x4's .
1101 (13337)
1426509 2016-09-27 00:10:00 Its a game when "big hits" are seen as good thing.
A tackle so hard , the intention is actually to hurt the other player . Big hits, why not just give them 2x4's .
Had you said 4x2 I would have agreed with you.
Cicero (40)
1426510 2016-09-27 00:22:00 2x4?
Are we American as well now
bevy121 (117)
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