If he's videotaping, and not actively trying to stop them, then he's as guilty as they are, in my opinion.

Its one thing, if they start doing it, and he's in the car. And there's not much he can do about it. But the one I saw the videographer was very gleeful as they shot people with paintball guns (there's been more than one time its happened).

Just videotaping?

Not just videotaping, but participating, and not attempting to stop the others - apparently that *was* a function of his plea bargain, he didn't shoot anybody himself, and he'd testify, and get a reduced sentance.

On the other hand, if they shot someone in the face and (say) injured someone's eyes, then I'd throw the book at them.

But if he *just* videotaped them doing that?

See, you're making a distinction on what happened. If he'd videoed them when they did severe damage, then throw the book, but if it was a harmless prank..

It was also luck that they *didn't* (I don't thnik they did), but that's the sort of thing that VERY easily could have had a problem, with exactly that. I don't know the extent of the damage, but I don't have a problem with ignoring that they got "lucky" and didn't hurt anybody severely, in order to make DAMN SURE that everybody else knows that you're ass is grass if they catch you doing it.

The solitary... Well, that's somewhat justified, because of his own safety. I mean, they *could* toss him into GenPop...

Addison

But you, yourself made a qualifier.

And paintball was more accidentally discovered - and even then, that's *with the other people wearing protective gear*.

As you noted - what if they'd put people's eyes out? If someone had had a heart attack and died?

What if they'd done that, would that change things? But they were just lucky taht they didn't.

I don't think 6 months in jail is a disproportionate sentance for anybody who was a participant in that. We sentance getaway drivers as well as the criminals, he got off light, he got the consideration he was entitled to.

So if somebody runs up and paintballs your wife/kids/mother, you think 6 months is way too much for luckily missing their eyes? (Didn't they use *frozen paintballs* or was that someone else?) - in that case, all bets all off, that's a serious weapon, now.

(Manufacturer started making solid paintballs - for practice - and stopped shipping them a week later when they found that they easily penetrated masks and provided enough force to cause a concussion, and they (rightly) worried about deliberate use, or more likely, accidents).

Addison

Because that makes a big difference.

Right now, there's not any hacking laws in my area. There are Federal laws. But the Feds don't have rape statutes.

So its somewhat of a false comparision.

I believe you're citing the "average time served", but I could be wrong, its what I thought I read on rape cases.

So how much time would you have wanted him to serve had he been shooting your family or you?

Addison