High Profile UK VC Faces Jail After Sexual Assault Conviction
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#2From the article: debilitating addiction to cannabis
Medically, this makes no sense.
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#3From the article: debilitating addiction to cannabis Medically, this makes no sense.
i believe mike was fighting for any excuse of his action.
knowing stefan (a small bit) i can only agree that he is one of the most charming, smart and helpful people in the london scene. that offense is super-far out of character for him
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#5This is sad - I don't know Stefan but have met him a few times, and can attest to the fact that he is a decent guy.
Obviously his behaviour here is way out of line - it should act as a wake up call for him to sort stuff out.
I hope, given time, he can be given a second chance though - everyone does stuff they regret, and no-one should be completely beyond the pale.
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#6From the article: debilitating addiction to cannabis Medically, this makes no sense.
There is such a thing as addiction to marijuana. He may or may not have it, and it may or may not have something to do with his actions here, but it does exist.
Some people in the comments at that link are trying to make a distinction between "physically" and "psychologically" addictive. This is a common belief, but medically, there are no such distinctions. Addiction is defined as continued use despite consequences, and whatever the mechanism, it occurs with marijuana in some people.
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#7From the article: debilitating addiction to cannabis Medically, this makes no sense.
i believe mike was fighting for any excuse of his action. knowing stefan (a small bit) i can only agree that he is one of the most charming, smart and helpful people in the london scene. that offense is super-far out of character for him
Guess that's fair. It just stood out to me that the writer seemed to be calling out drug addiction, rather than the acute influence of the drug.
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#8Shocking. I know him because he was an investor in one of my previous companies. While I won't say he always comported himself in the most ethical manner in business matters and I would not let him take a board seat in the future for this reason, like everyone else I thought of him as a good person of high moral character.
The chorus of people defending him in the article comments because he is otherwise so charming worries me. Sure, he has a winning personality and is fun to hang out with but that should not give him a free ticket to assaulting women and this was not an isolated incident. I understand that cool guys tend to be given a bit more leeway but this goes too far.
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#9From the article: debilitating addiction to cannabis Medically, this makes no sense.
There is such a thing as addiction to marijuana. He may or may not have it, and it may or may not have something to do with his actions here, but it does exist. Some people in the comments at that link are trying to make a distinction between "physically" and "psychologically" addictive. This is a common belief, but medically, there are no such distinctions. Addiction is defined as continued use despite consequences,…
That is not the definition of abuse. Per DSM-IV criteria for substance abuse addiciton:
"One of the following must be present within a 12 month period: (1) recurrent use resulting in a failure to fulfill major obligations at work, school, or home; (2) recurrent use in situations which are physically hazardous (e.g., driving while intoxicated); (3) legal problems resulting from recurrent use; or (4) continued use despite significant social or interpersonal problems caused by the substance use."
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#10I don't know. I'd like to hear his side of the story. The news reports [1] are kinda vague:
"Mr Glaenzer was standing unnecessarily close to one female, looking down at her back," said prosecutor
He got off the train at Bond Street and travelled back to Oxford Circus, all the while standing behind women on the train and platforms.
On a second trip to Bond Street, Glaenzer was seen by plain clothes officers standing close to another woman on the packed train.
They looked on as he thrust his groin against her backside.
The last segment is clearly problematic, but the rest sounds just like some random creepy guy roaming the streets.
Considering that we are now at a point where standing close to another women on a packed train is qualifying for being a sex offender, the only way out is introducing segregated wagons for males and females...
[1] http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/tube-pervert-radio-mill...