Rather than resorting to useless and barbaric punishment, just let the guy use a shovel to repair the damage done, delete his social media accounts as accessories to his behavior, and force him to spend time in therapy.
It clearly doesn’t seem fixable with a shovel, unfortunately. (And even if it had been, I’m not sure I would trust these people to repair it properly, ha ha.) I agree that physical punishment is clearly not acceptable, even though I feel very angry right now.
Whatever the total punishment is (the article talks about a first fine, so I guess there was more?), I hope that they aren’t able to ignore it now that they’ve come back from their rampaging vacation, and that they’ll have to answer for what they did.
He was actually proudly broadcasting the damage on social media before he received his first fine, 300.000 ISK for destroying the landscape.
For those who were wondering like me, 300.000 ISK seems to be worth about 700 €. That actually doesn’t seem like a lot considering the amount of damage? But if it’s the first fine, it probably didn’t take the whole thing into account.
(I’m guessing that 700 € is not that much this man, considering the car he took with him.)
I’m curious what the total fine will be, and whether the man also risks other punishment according to Icelandic law.
Rather than resorting to useless and barbaric punishment, just let the guy use a shovel to repair the damage done, delete his social media accounts as accessories to his behavior, and force him to spend time in therapy.
It clearly doesn’t seem fixable with a shovel, unfortunately. (And even if it had been, I’m not sure I would trust these people to repair it properly, ha ha.) I agree that physical punishment is clearly not acceptable, even though I feel very angry right now.
Whatever the total punishment is (the article talks about a first fine, so I guess there was more?), I hope that they aren’t able to ignore it now that they’ve come back from their
rampagingvacation, and that they’ll have to answer for what they did.For those who were wondering like me, 300.000 ISK seems to be worth about 700 €. That actually doesn’t seem like a lot considering the amount of damage? But if it’s the first fine, it probably didn’t take the whole thing into account.
(I’m guessing that 700 € is not that much this man, considering the car he took with him.)
I’m curious what the total fine will be, and whether the man also risks other punishment according to Icelandic law.