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

      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.

            • Flying SquidEnglish
              1•9 months ago

              You said they would be democratically elected. That requires an election. So give me these simple election rules please.

                • Flying SquidEnglish
                  1•9 months ago

                  This is what you said:

                  I didn’t say randomly selected, I said selected with some kind of fair and democratic process.

                  If you didn’t mean an election, what did you mean? What is a democratic process that doesn’t involve a vote?