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This is facetious. You've already pointed out that if his potential sentence was eight years or more he'd be in jail. Plenty of countries hold violent criminals on remand in the interests of public safety. This is what most people here would expect to happen given the details of this case...

Sure, but if someone is awaiting trial is it legal for them to harrass their victim on national TV? Not exactly a progressive, enlightened position.

For innumerable reasons, this guy should never have been on TV. Not sure of the details, but my understanding is that there are laws which restrict filming in prisons, to prevent sensationalisation and glorification of crime. If this guy is the subject of a criminal investigation what on...

Ignoring the obvious fact that building and maintaining fossil fuelled powerplants invovles a fair amount of materials, human labour, security, waste disposal etc etc the idea that a wind turbine could not recover the energy invested in building it sounded dubious. Not an energy expert by any...

Blah blah blah. If you really think advances in healthcare, education, human rights, equality etc all would have happened irrespective of who was in office you are spectacularly missing the point of taking part in the democratic process. True, there are many things voting will not change - but...

No a la droga, sí a la pizza. All hail Ugi's.

Do you consider men who believe in equal opportunities and support women's reproductive rights to be feminists? If so, there are a few of us about...

Another vote for the humble bicycle. The bike lanes make getting around the city surprising safe, easy and enjoyable.

If you find a friendly/sympathetic psychiatrist you can have your animals registered as "emotional support animals", which can then travel for free in the cabin with you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIZDnpPafaA

I believe it's the same source currently running the headlines that Justin Bieber has Ebola. Not the onion, but close.... http://dailycurrant.com/

Santander Rio wanted a 10k USD deposit to open an account. Seemed a bit steep until HSBC told me that I'd need to deposit 100k USD in cash to open an account. Was waiting for them to add that the account was only eligible for people over 80 providing both parents countersigned...

Last trip to the US, I saw these little beauties in a supermarket. I was disappointed that I couldn't find vegan kosher GM free organic gluten free nacho cheese flavoured raw kale chips which were "heirloom".

We had a portera, the wife of the old portero who took over when he got sick. Her job mainly seemed to involve smoking outside the building, and complaining about things that made the entrance dirty (like people walking on the floor) The day we moved out, she helpfully told us that it would be...

The last protest I got stuck in, was a group 30-40 drunken oil workers from Ushuaia, who formed a human barricade around a replacement bus service. We had all been on a flight to Salta, which was diverted to Tucuman. There weren't many buses available as it was Christmas, and the first bus to...

Same here. The insurance company installed it free of charge, and gave me a discount on my insurance for having it installed. Which was nice.

I did a bit of research on this a while ago. My understanding is that a parent is responsible for their child receiving an education, but there is no requirement for them to attend school. Homeschooling is considered to be an acceptable form of education in Argentina, and as far as I could...

Hirham Walker. The choice of the connoisseur. Industrially produced ethanol with additives. What's not to like?

I had a similar deal when I first moved here 7 years back. It was fine for me and my other half, who also wasn't working initially. We were late 20s and lived comfortably. What makes things expensive though, it the accommodation situation. Your rent allowance will cover a nice (not...

A few weeks back DHL knocked on my door, delivering some DVDs of a documentary we worked on. We were fairly impressed that they had arrived at our door within days of them being sent. We were less impressed that 600 pesos of "customs charges" had been applied to a few DVDs with no commercial...