[Viva] Crown now not seeking dangerous offender.. sentencing September 20

Wed Sep 4 08:46:54 PDT 2013

Here's her email.  Rant more.  I'm gonna.  I'm sick of this shit.

zorro.mclaughlin at sympatico.ca

I can't figure out how to write letters to that newspaper...

On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 8:34 AM, anne bonner <thewoodbuffalo at gmail.com>wrote:

> This article makes me sick.  The author decides to put in bits of info
> that aren't relevant to what happened.  "$20", "back of a van"  this is
> just put in there to stigmatize sex workers, people with mental health
> issues, poz people and is also slut shaming.  It's misogynistic.   What
> about the men?  What about the men who had sex with someone randomly
> without a condom?  What the hell were THEY thinking?  That she would be
> clean??  Come on.  Those poor, poor terrified innocent men.  FUCK THAT.  Of
> course she has no faith in the justice system.  It's failed her her whole
> life probably.  At least the author included that.  This writer needs to
> have her head pulled out of her arse, she's doing absolutely nothing for
> society.
>
> Also end rant.  Grr.
>
> a
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Kath Webster <kathwebster at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> HERE-HERE!  Rant away!
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 2013-08-28, at 4:59 PM, Romari <romariundi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> GOOD FOR YOU DENISE!  THIS DESERVES A GOOD RANT!
>>
>> Romari
>>
>> On Aug 28, 2013, at 11:05 AM, Denise Becker <dbecker106 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> This is total conjecture on my part.. it seems that this woman may have
>> been a prostitute.  She moved to Ontario with no connections, "her mother
>> supported her with money", the men just happened to feel like they should
>> give her $20 after sex and they say she was walking at Border Forces Base
>> with a thong on.  Then the armed forces man said she was "stalking" him for
>> sex and he had it a few times with her!!!  Of course that would take them
>> off the hook for procuring sex and her off the hook for being a
>> prostitute.  They may even have paid her not to use a condom.
>>
>> This points to two terrible things happening in this country.. women are
>> going underground to trade sex and face every kind of physical harm, as
>> well as charges like this and women obviously have no say in condom use
>> because they would have to tell a client they have HIV and therefore lose
>> any money they have coming in or be arrested.
>>
>> I think if this is the case, she would have had a very hard time telling
>> her side of the story.
>>
>> It's a case for legalizing prostitution and having it as a health care
>> issue and have men sign waivers and also shows women do not have control of
>> the condom issue.
>>
>> I hope she will be dealt with very lightly but I fear not.  The Canadian
>> HIV/AIDS Legal Network are closely involved and are trying to help her.  I
>> very much hope that science will say decisively that women cannot pass HIV
>> on when they are undetectable.
>>
>> Sorry for the rant!
>>
>> Denise
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Peggy Frank <pegfrank at telus.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Wow!  It certainly seems like compassion is called for.  What was
>>> happening for this woman? Was she also exposed to infections from the men
>>> who were so accommodating. What about the community around her?  Was she so
>>> alone.  That is the story! What about the men who had unprotected sex with
>>> a woman that they knew nothing about? What happened to education? GRRRRR.
>>> peg
>>>
>>> On 2013-08-28, at 6:26 AM, Romari wrote:
>>>
>>> This is just so appalling! This woman doesn't need prison but treatment
>>> for what is obviously a mental or emotional illness from which she is
>>> suffering.
>>> Perhaps the crown should consider sending this woman to a "healing
>>> retreat" instead of a "lengthy prison sentence"!
>>>
>>> Sickened in Victoria,
>>> Romari
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 27, 2013, at 9:18 PM, Denise Becker <dbecker106 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The crown has now decided not to seek Dangerous Offender status.
>>>
>>> http://www.orilliapacket.com/2013/08/27/crown-wont-seek-dangerous-offender-or-long-term-offender-sentence-for-woman-with-hiv
>>>
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