I commented elsewhere that I wondered if they believe he’s innocent. If they truly believe this is a miscarriage of justice could these letters be written with his appeal in mind? There’s no physical evidence as I understand, maybe they’re going for the “this guy is so sober he wouldn’t even know how to get drugs” angle? I’m just talking out of my arse now but I’m so confused by the level of support for him I can’t help but clutch at straws to try to explain it.
I wondered if it was a “presented without comment” kinda thing? Shade on everyone without explicit condemnation? Maybe the writer was told to write a sympathetic piece and just couldn’t bring themselves to? The more I type the more wishful I realise this thinking is… 😕
No, but I have to say I’m surprised by the non-family members writing letters of character after he had been convicted of forcible rape. It’s one thing if it’s family I guess, or if the accused had been in the throes of addiction or similar at the time and had changed. But these are people who were working with him at the time he committed these crimes and they’re all testifying about him being such a good example of sobre living and a positive influence. Do they not feel betrayed by him? Do they not believe he did it? It’s strange.
I was thinking more along the lines of a large proportion of locals must work in the tourist industry - whether that’s owning hotels, working in them, owning touristy shops, tour guides, surf instructors etc etc. The locals haven’t just suffered loss of life, property and sites of historic importance, a lot of them will lose their jobs without tourism. “Economy” was the wrong term I guess. People need those jobs not just to live but to rebuild their lives and their property.
Do rugby players suffer concussions as frequently as American football players? If they don’t, could the helmets be making the problem worse - encouraging players to hit with their heads more, like a false sense of security? Sorry if this is a stupid question, I don’t know anything about American football and not much more about rugby!
EDIT: it seems like rugby players are more prone to concussions than NFL players, but I might not be completely off the mark about helmets offering a false sense of protection:
“Rugby players are believed to play more aggressively when using scrum caps; however, studies have shown these make no difference for protecting against head injuries.”
Tourism will play a huge part in helping the community recover economically too. They’re going to need tourists to stay/come back asap. I thought the Greek president was canny to offer tourists affected by the wildfires in Rhodes a free holiday next year.
I can’t read the article from the uk. Here’s a photo of her hair at the time for anyone interested. 
Thank you. It’s been over a month and still haven’t quite got my head round the fediverse!
It’s not lemmy as a whole is it? I thought the main url is lemmy.org. It’s only a couple of instances that used .ml.
I wonder what amount of damages he was ordered to pay?
I found a decent alternative to Goodreads the other day called bookdigits. It’s a mobile app but pretty good. It has a sister site called screendigits.com for movies and films.
Which year had the most?
What’s an escrow account? Your comment is very clear and I understand the gist of it but I don’t actually know what escrow means.
Edit: stupid spelling mistake
Oh man, you nailed the turning point. Literally everyone with eyes could look at the cross section map of the cave and immediately see that a rigid vessel was not going to get even half way through. And then the tweet calling the lead rescuer a paedo? I never liked the guy but that’s when I began to really dislike him. What an utter twat.
THANK YOU. Wtf is this fake outrage about?!
the context is that it wouldn’t been needed before.
Before like in the past? Of course it wasn’t needed in the past. Times change, what is considered offensive evolves. It’s a good thing to have a little side note saying “Just so you’re aware this author isn’t a racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobe. The terms used in book were not considered offensive at the time of publishing and no disrespect or insult was intended”. Including notes like that are pretty important so that we can enjoy older media in the way it was intended and not make important works taboo because they don’t conform with today’s standards.
I’m in my 30s and there’s already a lot of words I used in childhood that are considered offensive now. And I’d put money on the likelihood that some words I use now won’t be considered appropriate within my lifetime. That’s not censorship, it’s progress.
Vk.com has a surprising amount of audiobook pages/groups/communities. There are some chrome plugins that download the books for you too. I’m not particularly tech savvy so vk.com and sites like 101audiobooks.net classicaudiobooks.com etc and overdrive are what I use on mobile. I use audiobookbay on desktop.
Are they Scientologists too? I didn’t know that. It could explain why they’re publicly supporting him I guess.