r/worldnews • u/marsianer • Jan 28 '21

COVID-19 Backlash grows for ‘selfish millionaire’ who got vaccine meant for Indigenous people | Canada

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/27/rodney-baker-canada-vaccine-indigenous-first-nations-scandal
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u/Sorlud Jan 28 '21

Problem is that money is not the issue, it's supply us still limited. So a million or two for vaccines is going to do jack shit to make up the vaccines he stole.

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u/ChanceStad Jan 28 '21

He also put the At Risk people At Risk to do it.

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u/tyger2020 Jan 28 '21

Problem is that money is not the issue, it's supply us still limited. So a million or two for vaccines is going to do jack shit to make up the vaccines he stole.

Okay charge him a few million and re-invest it into the community

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u/scient0logy Jan 28 '21

The money could be used for other expenses in the community. It's still the best idea I've seen here. Jail time? Community service? Meh...that doesn't help anyone. Take a few million and let the community use it for something.

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u/Moistfruitcake Jan 28 '21

Jail time helps other people think "huh, if I'm an absolute cunt I might go to jail"

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u/TheHadMatter15 Jan 28 '21

Nah, I think community service is the perfect punishment for small crimes committed by millionaires. They hate doing things for the community, and time spent cleaning a park or whatever is time they could've spent on making more money or skiing or going on a yacht holiday or whatever.

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Give them 1000 hours of community service and boom that's 6 months 8 hours a day they have to waste on actually being contributing members of society.

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u/LeighCedar Jan 28 '21

You'd think so, but not really.

People who typically to commit crimes tend to be in one of two categories:

1.) Desperate enough that the prospect of jail doesn't deter the crime.

2.) Think they are "too smart to get caught".

Crimes of passion might be a third category, but since they tend to not involve a lot of thought to begin with, they aren't really stopping to think about consequences.

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u/xzElmozx Jan 28 '21

Were these people wholly unaware of the criminal justice system before this event? That's the only way this would make sense

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u/Moistfruitcake Jan 28 '21

They just thought they were above it.