It’s supposed to convey that he had more significance than someone who wasn’t a grandfather (and hence meant less to less people). It’s a manipulative technique used by journalists and politicians (they talk about such and such who is a mum or a dad). I hate this kind of crap though, because it suggests that someone is less worthy of attention if they don’t have a family.

Guess we’ve got some racists in this space. Probably came across from the aus subreddit, which was toxic as fuck.

I don’t think that questioning her indigenous status here is helpful. Whether that was rightly or wrongly applied as a mitigating factor in her sentence for this particular crime, it’s likely that inter-generational disadvantage played a role in her life. Not an excuse for killing an old guy due to negligence in my opinion though.

Well, she is indigenous. But apparently is still willing to throw other minorities under the bus to avoid responsibility.

I guess it’s the aussie version of “Some Puerto Rican Guy” did it.

This person had also been drinking and didn’t have a license. They messed up as soon as they got in the car. But because they killed a person while they were in a car, they got off lightly, compared to if they had killed a person when outside of a car. Our mentality around driving is insane.

There are too many non Simpsons reference comments on this post. Please elimate three.

This solution will worsen micro plastic pollution in the environment. We need to be moving towards a solution where we can control where the final destination of the plastic is.

A wild Harold Holt appears…