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French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence

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375 points begueradj | 2 comments | 22 Oct 25 05:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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yard2010 ◴[22 Oct 25 08:45 UTC] No.45666375[source]▶
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thrance[dead post] ◴[22 Oct 25 08:54 UTC] No.45666426[source]▶
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gnfargbl ◴[22 Oct 25 09:27 UTC] No.45666664[source]▶
Article 3 ECHR should prevent the prison authorities from putting any prisoner in a position where they know he's going to "get roughed up". You and I both want that right for ourselves, so surely we should also extend it to Sarzoky?
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thrance ◴[22 Oct 25 09:58 UTC] No.45666887[source]▶
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1. gnfargbl ◴[22 Oct 25 10:03 UTC] No.45666923[source]▶
No high horse here, I promise you. I'm not French and I didn't know much in detail about Sarkozy before this, but being convicted of taking political campaign donations from the architect of the Lockerbie bombing is more than enough to make me think he's not a good guy. If you tell me he did a lot of other bad stuff as well, I believe you.

I'm just pointing out that the golden rule requires us to offer human rights even to people who we might think are scum. Because that's the only way to secure those rights for ourselves.

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2. thrance ◴[22 Oct 25 10:14 UTC] No.45666982[source]▶
I understand, I do believe in the golden rule. I would not wish physical punishment on the guy, I am merely wishing for him to experience the same terrible living conditions he helped create. Let a man savour justice, for however long is lasts. He'll probably get to go home in a few weeks with an electronic bracelet anyway, and then move in and out of his home freely, as no one enforces these rules on the powerful.