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> he and 119 other volunteers I appreciate the sentiment, but there's some difference between splitting 13 years of jail in 2 vs splitting it in 120, which mak
by riffraff 6y ago
> he and 119 other volunteers
I appreciate the sentiment, but there's some difference between splitting 13 years of jail in 2 vs splitting it in 120, which make this offer a lot less impressive, even if it made any sense from a legal point of view.
Still, it's a gesture that can be commended, but the title is a bit misleading.
- lixtra 6y agoOf course it’s just a gesture. No one would like a judicial system were you can outsource the punishment. It’s all about pointing out how wrong it is to send a 13-year old to jail for blasphemy.
- dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago> Of course it’s just a gesture. Yes and no. It'a a gesture because it's hard to conceive the government would agree. However, in the extremely unlikely case they agree, it's unthinkable the volunteers could chicken out. They must have already fought the battle in their minds, imagining the consequences of a month spend in a jail in Africa - if they are not stupid they know everything could happen. Personally I admire these people a lot.
- mosselman 6y agoThe offer is coming from the director, so he _is_ offering. 'Misleading' makes it sound like the title is a lie, which it isn't. You just misunderstood. Also, the offer coming from 120 people is a lot more powerful than just 1 person. It signals that many people find this an unjust ruling, rather than just 1 person, and are willing to go all the way to Nigeria for it and spend a month in what is probably hell on earth, especially for westerners.
- RobLach 6y agoWell... they misunderstood because it's misleading. The burden of clarity is not on the reader.
- mosselman 6y agoI have a solution for this. Just put the whole article in the title. Then the title can only be unclear when the article is unclear.
- lucb1e 6y agoAs I understood GP's comment, these 120 people are offering to each take 1/120th of the jail time. As I understand your rebuttal, 120 people individually offered to take 1/2 of the jail time. I haven't read the article but you're arguing over the title and you seem to be assuming a different situation. Depending on which situation is true, the title is misleading or not. This info isn't in the title so you can't "simply misunderstood" that. The title definitely suggests 1 person offering to take 1/2 the jail time, and while that is congruous with 119 others offering the same (to take 1/2 the time), it would not be the same as offering to take 1/Nth. Then it would be misleading. If it's not misleading, then GP misunderstood the article or the article is unclear (not the title).
- cjohnson318 6y agoHow long would you go jail in a foreign country for a stranger?
- AdrianB1 6y agoIt depends on the benefits, many people would do anything for a publicity stunt. Maybe this guy is genuine, there is no way I can tell, but it is entirely possible to find cases where it's just a marketing move.
- dogma1138 6y agoAh yes a publicity stunt to promote Auschwitz... they really need to sell some mugs with the downturn they had in visitors due to the pandemic.
- cjohnson318 6y agoYou avoided the question by saying that it would depend on "the benefits", without listing any of "the benefits" it would depend upon.