Monday, May 21, 2012

Justice for Tyler Dharun?

With Dharun Ravi set to be sentenced today in the Rutgers Webcam trial, The New York Times reports that the world's worst roommate is finding support in an unlikely place: from gay-rights activists:

Kate Zernike writes:

Dan Savage, a gay columnist whose video campaign, “It Gets Better,” began in response to other suicides of gay teenagers just before Tyler Clementi, 18, jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge, argued that simply locking up Mr. Ravi was a lost opportunity to talk about the other institutions and people “complicit” in Mr. Clementi’s death.

“What was he told about being gay growing up, by his faith leaders, by the media, by the culture?” Mr. Savage said. “Ravi may have been the last person who made him feel unsafe and abused and worthless, but he couldn’t have been the first.

“The rush to pin all the responsibility on Ravi and then wash our hands and walk away means we’re not going to learn the lessons of these kids.”

Read HERE

Sentencing guidelines call for five to 10 years for Ravi's crimes. What do you think he deserves?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

the max