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

Wed Sep 4 10:02:16 PDT 2013

I did it!  Plz do too!

On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 8:46 AM, anne bonner <thewoodbuffalo at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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...
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> 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
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>> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Kath Webster <kathwebster at shaw.ca>wrote:
>>
>>> HERE-HERE!  Rant away!
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> 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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