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.
  • wampus@lemmy.caEnglish
    143·
    17 days ago

    Oh yes, yes, let’s take things to completely absurd takes, once someone suggests that the guy shouldn’t be allowed to profit off his crime (which he did, clearly), and that the tech companies that have also been profiting off his crimes should also be accountable. It’s not like confiscating wealth as ‘proceeds of crime’ is an actual legal thing in most places or anything!

    Defend those corporations! Tech overlords are always innocent!

    Twit.

      • wampus@lemmy.caEnglish
        82·
        17 days ago

        I’m assuming you’re just a troll, much like the asshat you’re defending. “Drug dealers should be allowed to keep the money they earned by dealing drugs!”, no, they shouldn’t, and they generally don’t get to. “Streamers should get to keep the profits they made by committing crimes for their audience!”, again, no, they shouldn’t, but for some reason they generally seem to get to. Guys got a net worth estimated at about $3million, money he’s earned by committing criminal acts and recording them. Money that he’s paid by American corporations as a benefit of him committing crimes in foreign countries, for the amusement of a (generally) American audience.

        Calling that out isn’t absurd.

      • zqps@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        93·
        17 days ago

        You just compared a fine for Twitch and YouTube to “throwing everyone in jail”. Touch grass.

        • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          27·
          16 days ago

          You just compared a fine for Twitch and YouTube to “throwing everyone in jail”.

          Congratulations! Today you get to learn about hyperbole and exaggeration!