r/nottheonion • u/DerangedUnicorn27 • 6d ago

Convicted child rapist qualifies for Olympics

https://www.newsweek.com/steven-van-de-velde-dutch-beach-volleyball-olympics-1918442
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u/Lamb_or_Beast 6d ago

Holy cow.

I didn’t realize the Dutch consider something so grotesquely evil as child rape so lightly. Surely something this horrible deserves a more severe sentence..

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u/SpaceChatter 6d ago

Nigel Powers was right.

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u/knuckdeep 6d ago

In every great joke, there’s a nugget of truth I guess.

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u/SpaceChatter 6d ago

Deep, but funny. (And true)