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cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/news/p/1395876/streamer-troll-johnny-somali-found-guilty-on-all-counts-sentenced-to-south-korean-prison-l

Ramsey Khalid Ismael — better known as Johnny Somali, the infamous American streamer arrested in Japan, Israel, and South Korea for his provocative behavior — has been imprisoned in South Korea.

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[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 55 points 6 days ago (2 children)

This made my day. He thought he was untouchable and now is in a forced labor camp for 6 months.

Dude is just one of the worst humans.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 21 points 6 days ago

Forced labor camps in South Korea is just a legal term.

https://www.corrections.go.kr/corrections_eng/1905/subview.do

They're not cracking rocks with sledgehammers in the desert.

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[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I know this would be cruel and unusual but live stream him the entire time and donate proceeds to relevant charities.

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[–] HeroicBillyBishop@lemmy.ca 20 points 6 days ago

ahahahahaha

fafo

[–] vantablack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 6 days ago (10 children)

okay. controversial opinion time

this was all extremely dickish troll behavior but i don't think A PRISON CAMP is necessarily the most rehabilitative experience. punitive justice doesn't fucking work and nobody deserves to be put through A PRISON LABOR CAMP regardless of how much of an annoyance they were being

in an ideal world there would mechanisms in place to educate this fuckhead without needlessly traumatizing and brutalizing him. sensitivity training. cultural education. empathy and dignity. true justice that will actually change his behavior

but prison camp? i bet he's gonna come outta this twice as much an enormous douchebag

[–] IEatDaFeesh@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I agree with your sentiment but when a human being is this antagonistic towards every country he visits then it's justified. Definitely a slipper slope moment but just look at this:

Ismael was certain he wouldn't be imprisoned, saying in a stream: "I know for a fact that I'm not going to go to jail. Not one day in jail. I'm going to laugh my ass off when all these motherf***ers are saying I'm going for 30 years, 20 years, five years, 10 years. I'm not even going to do one day, bro. They'll give me a fine and say, 'Don't come back to Korea.' You're the one that's going to look so dumb when I don't get any jailtime or anything. Bro, I'm going to laugh like a f**king villain.

"I did go there. I recognized all the charges. I said I was guilty. I did say all that s**t because it's going to be a fine. I'm just going to pay it and leave. You can't go to jail for this s**t. You can't."

It's so hard to be sympathetic to this piece of trash. Plus it seems like he's not even doing 3 years. He's fine.

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[–] a9249@lemmy.ca 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (5 children)

Its not about punishing the guy. It is about sending a message that this will not be tolerated. Also, different cultures are different, culturally.

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[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 15 points 5 days ago

Link shared by somebody else down below, but it's not really a labor camp as you might be thinking. It's more of a rehabilitation into the workforce program.

https://www.corrections.go.kr/corrections_eng/1905/subview.do

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 days ago (14 children)

Please... he got 6 months for all the shit he pulled. It was so much more than just dickish trolling.

He deserved far more. He got off easy. But it serves two purposes. For one, korea got their message across. Don't come here to fuck around. And second, they don't want to pay for him being in their prison.

In an ideal world, people don't pull this shit to begin with. So we're already well past an "ideal world scenario". It's not this guys first rodeo. These people will never learn unless they face some real, actual consequences.

[–] spiritsong@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah. The prosecutors were pushing 3 years. I think he deserves MORE than 6 months.

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[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

OTOH maybe this will ground him a bit more and he will be a more self-reflective douchebag.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 5 days ago

he has done this many times, and not in korea too.

[–] phx@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

He's a douchebag that's used to acting as such without consequences (or even with profit). A prison labor camp sounds like exactly the sort of wakeup call this guy needs

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[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

Good, idiots like this deserve to face the consequences of their actions

[–] scttgard@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

That has to be one of the more punchable faces I have seen. And I do not advocate violence. But he might be n exception.

[–] Apocalypteroid@anarchist.nexus 12 points 6 days ago

FAFO 4 U LOL

[–] rwrwefwef@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

South Koreans aren't the Japanese... they're not known for playing around.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Yeah because the Japanese are known for being lenient?

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