By GEMMA ASKHAM
For the second time in as many months, people have taken a swipe at Tinder for its role in ‘hooking-up’ devastating crimes against women.
In October, a 28-year-old New Zealand woman claimed she was gang-raped in a Sydney bar after meeting up with a man she met on Tinder.
Today, Gable Tostee, the Brisbane man accused of murdering his Tinder date Warriena Wright on his balcony, was granted bail – but on the condition that he does not use Tinder again.
If you follow this logic, when it comes to apportioning blame for these brutal, tragic, unacceptable events, there’s one standout perpetrator: Tinder.
Because if there’s one thing that’s going to make someone allegedly break the law, it’s an app…. convincing? I think not.
TINDER IS NOT TO BLAME. AN APP IS NOT TO BLAME FOR VIOLENCE.
THE BLAME LIES WITH THE PERSON WHO COMMITTED THE CRIME.
Which is why granting bail to an accused killer, at least partly on the condition they don’t use Tinder while they’re out, feels deeply misguided.
To recap the case, Gable Tostee and Warriena Wright met up on August 8 and drank in Tostee’s 14th floor apartment, until Wright fell to her death in the early hours of the morning. It’s alleged that a fight broke out beforehand, though Tostee denies murder, claiming he wasn’t on the balcony at the time.