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 Squid
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      19 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.

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          19 months ago

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

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              19 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?