Originally Posted by
dysslexicgod
Without knowing the actual circumstances of the case and both the victims and offenders it is impossible to come up with anything like a fair and balanced opinion of the judges actions.
Furthermore "digital justice", aka box ticking, is also disastrous for our societies. For example, a quick drunken kiss on New Years eve can result in you being permanently labelled a sex offender, in the list with rapists and kiddy fiddlers for ever. That is unjust, but that and similar travesties are happening every day, look no further than the "domestic violence" industry and its perversion of the AVO process.
That's exactly it. People can end up on the sex offenders registry for public urination in some places, and if two sixteen year olds have sex (most places in Australia) that is legal, but if one of them takes a nude photo and sends it to the other then that is distribution and possession of child pornography. This idea of black and white "He's on the sex offender list, therefore ostracize him from society and render him unemployable", is ridiculous. Serious crimes deserve serious punishment, but the limited amount of information in that article makes it looks like a less serious crime, committed by someone under the age of 18 at the time, who is in the process of being hopefully rehabilitated.