OT Brittney Griner Sentenced for 9 years

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Re: OT Brittney Griner Sentenced for 9 years 

Post#21 » by Wonka » Thu Aug 4, 2022 3:53 pm

Weed should be legal, but it isn’t. She knows this. The people around her knows this. I would be SHOCKED if she wasn’t aware of the Russian’s thoughts on weed before she made a CHOICE to bring it with her anyway. Doesn’t mean I think she should be getting punished this severely but play stupid games…
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Re: OT Brittney Griner Sentenced for 9 years 

Post#22 » by Dzon Dilindzer » Thu Aug 4, 2022 3:53 pm

Ein Sof wrote:
Dzon Dilindzer wrote:play stupid games, win stupid prizes

why people feel sorry for her is beyond me

cant wait to see athletes crying over this, **** imbeciles

Serious question: do you have a mental illness?

are you from the us by chance
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Post#23 » by cam24thomas » Thu Aug 4, 2022 3:54 pm

Maybe she wanted to go to prison. Who knows, it won't be the first time someone has tried to get in....
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Post#24 » by Red8911 » Thu Aug 4, 2022 3:54 pm

She lived there for 6 years I’m sure she knew the rules. Russians taking advantage now and want to use her in a trade with the US. Joe Biden better not give up any first round picks to acquire her.
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Post#25 » by MindState » Thu Aug 4, 2022 3:54 pm

People have gotten less for murder in america.
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Post#26 » by DaGawd » Thu Aug 4, 2022 3:55 pm

Red8911 wrote:She lived there for 6 years I’m sure she knew the rules. Russians taking advantage now and want to use her in a trade with the US. Joe Biden better not give up any first round picks to acquire her.

this finna be like the knicks and jazz stand-off for donovan mitchell
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Post#27 » by JimmyPlopper » Thu Aug 4, 2022 3:56 pm

I have flown in and out of countries like China, South Korea, Mexico with cartridge on me and never got caught.
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Post#28 » by JDR720 » Thu Aug 4, 2022 3:57 pm

She won't actually serve the sentence. Russia has no use for her in jail, they'll just use her as a bargaining chip to do a prisoner swap with the US.

And yeah, she was very dumb to be over there in he first place. But at the same time, it's not uncommon for WNBA players or NWSL players to play overseas, including Russia, during the offseason in order to get more money. Hopefully this situation ends that practice though.
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Post#29 » by Sgt Major » Thu Aug 4, 2022 3:57 pm

taikibansei wrote:Griner is a pawn, being used by a country with a long history of arresting/convicting innocents.


Yep, Russia is playing the same game as the most vicious country on the planet with an even longer history of wrongful arrests.

It'll be fun to see how this unfolds.
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Post#30 » by NYPiston » Thu Aug 4, 2022 3:57 pm

The High Cyde wrote:******* terrible, I couldn’t believe being in her position. Hope she’ll be okay.


Well, she put herself in that position so...

I feel bad for her in the sense that she had no idea what she was getting into but you commit the crime, you have to pay the consequences.
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Post#31 » by Ballerhogger » Thu Aug 4, 2022 3:58 pm

taikibansei wrote:
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SNPA wrote:No one in any country should be in a cage over weed.

Russia doesn't feel that way...


Do you really think Russia arrested/convicted/sentenced Griner to nine years of hard labor because she allegedly had .702 grams of cannabis oil in her luggage (less than the weight of a pen cap or a stick of gum)? If you do, I have a bridge to sell you...in my native Brooklyn. :D

Griner is a pawn, being used by a country with a long history of arresting/convicting innocents.

This thread will (justifiably) be locked soon, but I wanted to add that I fault Griner more for agreeing to return to/work in a country which has been historically anti-LGBTQ (including recent laws passed against this population) as well as historically discriminatory against non-white and/or non-Christian races--returning to Moscow weeks after Biden had announced that war was imminent and that US citizens should leave. (She arrived in Moscow, and was arrested, on February 17...six days before the Ukraine invasion.) How naive could a person possibly be?

Shes not in Brooklyn. Their laws and what they want does not reflect what we want or stand for. That's why were at war with them. Part of it is horrible timing. She did this right before the war. Part of it is Russia has not been friendly with the US.. Since.... forever... When your prisoner of another country you fall under their wants and wishes. That's just sad fact.
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Post#32 » by Ballerhogger » Thu Aug 4, 2022 3:59 pm

Sgt Major wrote:
taikibansei wrote:Griner is a pawn, being used by a country with a long history of arresting/convicting innocents.


Yep, Russia is playing the same game as the most vicious country on the planet with an even longer history of wrongful arrests.

It'll be fun to see how this unfolds.

so nothing new. Russia has long history of this. This isn't even mentionable by the things they've done.
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Post#33 » by Dzon Dilindzer » Thu Aug 4, 2022 3:59 pm

JDR720 wrote:She won't actually serve the sentence. Russia has no use for her in jail, they'll just use her as a bargaining chip to do a prisoner swap with the US.

And yeah, she was very dumb to be over there in he first place. But at the same time, it's not uncommon for WNBA players or NWSL players to play overseas, including Russia, during the offseason in order to get more money. Hopefully this situation ends that practice though.

or you could not commit a crime

what a concept, right
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Post#34 » by Ballerhogger » Thu Aug 4, 2022 4:00 pm

JDR720 wrote:She won't actually serve the sentence. Russia has no use for her in jail, they'll just use her as a bargaining chip to do a prisoner swap with the US.

And yeah, she was very dumb to be over there in he first place. But at the same time, it's not uncommon for WNBA players or NWSL players to play overseas, including Russia, during the offseason in order to get more money. Hopefully this situation ends that practice though.

i hope so no American should be in Russia unless its to end a war right now.
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Re: OT Brittney Griner Sentenced for 9 years 

Post#35 » by JimmyPlopper » Thu Aug 4, 2022 4:00 pm

Dzon Dilindzer wrote:
JDR720 wrote:She won't actually serve the sentence. Russia has no use for her in jail, they'll just use her as a bargaining chip to do a prisoner swap with the US.

And yeah, she was very dumb to be over there in he first place. But at the same time, it's not uncommon for WNBA players or NWSL players to play overseas, including Russia, during the offseason in order to get more money. Hopefully this situation ends that practice though.

or you could not commit a crime

what a concept, right


Surely there are some laws you disagree with and refuse to follow. Or do you respect every rule set before you, regardless of sensibility?
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Re: OT Brittney Griner Sentenced for 9 years 

Post#36 » by lars_rosenberg » Thu Aug 4, 2022 4:00 pm

Ein Sof wrote:
Dzon Dilindzer wrote:play stupid games, win stupid prizes

why people feel sorry for her is beyond me

cant wait to see athletes crying over this, **** imbeciles

Serious question: do you have a mental illness?


According to his profile badge, he's a Lazio supporter. Lazio fans are known to be fascists.
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Post#37 » by Jellybeans » Thu Aug 4, 2022 4:00 pm

She should be happy that she didnt get caught in Indonesia
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Post#38 » by Ballerhogger » Thu Aug 4, 2022 4:01 pm

MindState wrote:People have gotten less for murder in america.

Russia is not America..
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Re: OT Brittney Griner Sentenced for 9 years 

Post#39 » by The High Cyde » Thu Aug 4, 2022 4:01 pm

NYPiston wrote:
The High Cyde wrote:******* terrible, I couldn’t believe being in her position. Hope she’ll be okay.


Well, she put herself in that position so...

I feel bad for her in the sense that she had no idea what she was getting into but you commit the crime, you have to pay the consequences.

This is cruel though, the punishment does not fit the crime. At all.
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Post#40 » by Ballerhogger » Thu Aug 4, 2022 4:03 pm

The High Cyde wrote:
NYPiston wrote:
The High Cyde wrote:******* terrible, I couldn’t believe being in her position. Hope she’ll be okay.


Well, she put herself in that position so...

I feel bad for her in the sense that she had no idea what she was getting into but you commit the crime, you have to pay the consequences.

This is cruel though, the punishment does not fit the crime. At all.

Cruel sure but does Russia care? no.

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