The Dutch beach volleyball player who served time in prison after he was convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl in England has won his second match at the Paris Olympics.

Dutch beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde, who served time in prison after he was convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl, won his second match at the Paris Olympics and received an even harsher reaction from the crowd on Wednesday than for his first match.

  • Flying SquidEnglish
    1•9 months ago

    Okay, well then if laws exist, in your scenario, everyone would have to be equally familiar with them.

      • Flying SquidEnglish
        1•9 months ago

        First of all, that also has nothing to do with people needing to know the entirety of a system of laws if they are expected to be randomly selected to adjudicate.

        Secondly, when are you going to take it into your own hands?

          • Flying SquidEnglish
            1•9 months ago

            A fair and democratic process requires a whole bunch of laws to ensure that process is, in fact, fair and democratic, so…

              • Flying SquidEnglish
                1•9 months ago

                Yes, it’s a ‘mind prison’ to suggest that you can’t have a fair and democratic election without laws to ensure that the election is fair and democratic.

                By the way, I should point out that judges are elected in much of the U.S. Which is what you were advocating for anyway.

                  • Flying SquidEnglish
                    1•9 months ago

                    Cool. You still can’t have a fair election without election laws to ensure that.

                    Believe it or not, people are not all naturally honest and honorable.