Ramsey Khalid Ismael — better known as Johnny Somali, the infamous American streamer arrested in Japan, Israel, and South Korea for his provocative behavior — has been imprisoned in South Korea.
  • MrSulu@lemmy.mlEnglish
    251·
    3 days ago

    The great tragedy is that S Korea commuted his 3 year potential sentence to just 6 months.

      • arrow74@lemmy.zipEnglish
        41·
        1 day ago

        For a nonviolent crime?

        Punitive justice isn’t justice. In the case a short sentence is appropriate. He’s punished for 6 months and then barred from the country. How would the cost of 3 years of imprisonment benefit South Korean citizens? Seems like an unnecessary cost.

        My opinion would change if it was a violent crime.

        And don’t misinterpret me. I don’t like the guy at all, I just dislike governments and unnecessarily long prison sentences more

        • itsjustachairmary@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 day ago

          I would generally agree with you. Unfortunately this is the system we have and I will admit, there is a personal pleasure in seeing consequences for this shit. In general I am also for prison abolition and restorative justice. I’m not as principled on this as I would like, I guess. That’s definitely a point for me to keep working on. I do however wonder what would make someone like this… rehabilitate.

          Having said that, I will say the sharing of sexual deepfakes is definitely violent in an already extremely misogynist world where violence against women is often based on ideas of ownership of women’s bodies and violence. There is a specific sort of violence to it that I can not fully comprehend as a masc person, but that is definitely violent in nature. Not just violating, but explicitly violent. This act only further contributes to the underlying violence of misogyny, I think is what I’m getting at.

          Thanks btw for your response, I think you make a good point.

          • arrow74@lemmy.zipEnglish
            5·
            1 day ago

            Oh wait a minute I only heard about the statue bit, the deepfakes does change my mind a bit. It’s certainly not victimless in that case. I’m still not comfortable with 3 years, but more than 6 months seems more appropriate in thay case

            • itsjustachairmary@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              1 day ago

              Yeah he got off really light apparently. The prosecution wanted 3 years so 6 months seems way off. Makes an appeal seem almost inevitable.