Re: Glen Wheatley out of jail

On Apr 11, 6:11=A0am, "TG'sFM" <suv...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Apr 11, 8:01 am, "Fleeced" <flee...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > "Je=DFus" wrote:
> > >>>> Fair enough - his sentence was excessive anyway. =A0Prison
> > >>>> should be reserved for more serious crimes.
> > >>> What an arse-licker.
> > >>> IOW any crimes of a financial nature should be exempt, right?
> > >>> Especially if you're well known, or part of the old boys network.
>
> > >> No - but avoiding tax is not the same as outright theft (indeed,
the
> > >> tax itself is closer to theft). =A0People like you want him
penalised=

> > >> more than he should be simply because he is rich and famous.
>
> > > No, I don't want him to be exempt from what everyone else is
> > > subject to.
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> > I never said I wanted special treatment for him either, simply that
> > the penalty was excessive. =A0In fact, the ATO made it clear that
> > they wanted a high-profile scalp, so it's quite plausible they were
> > extra aggresive.
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> > > Plus, he was involved with that turd Farnham, which is potentially
> > > a crime in of itself.
>
> > A good point.
>
> > Regards,
> > Fleeced
>
> His 'aggressive' prosecution is quite normal. =A0If a teacher is charged
> with molesting a boy then you would expect he will face a higher
> penalty than if it were just joe average facing the same charge. =A0The
> same applies to policemen charged with disonesty offences etc etc etc.

That is what we would expect, but in the real world the opposite is
usually the case. Policemen charged with dishonesty offences usually
avoid any penalty because of their "previous good character". A good
example is that **** who got himself murdered in WA this week. The
courts are indirectly responsible for his death, because if he were in
gaol where he should have been, his son wouldn't have been able to
kill him. (Unless of course he (the son, the alleged killer) were also
in gaol.)

Here's a question for you all: is murdering someone who doesn't
deserve to be alive really a crime?