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Originally Posted by Dezzy
I'm glad that half the people in this thread ranting about violent punishments will never know a lick of power. If you fight fire with fire everyone ends up getting burned.
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OTOH, getting "touchy-feely" with psychotic sex-offenders is misguided, naive and futile .....
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The law only works when it's held to a higher standard then the people it's judging, if any of the punishments people reccommended were actually implemented then how would that make us any better then criminals? The only difference between would be a misplaced sense of self righteousness.
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IMO, it's a question of economics not misplaced idealism and morality .....
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You can always tell what a person is like by how they treat their lessers, not their equals.
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What about their "betters"?
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It's a special kind of evil that would extinguish a life just for the sake of money when other options are readily available.
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The resources for the "other options" would be better used for law-abiding citizens .....
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Originally Posted by Dezzy
As I said before, if it as upto me I'd give him a longer sentence but would have made sure he got some sort of psychological care so that he's not a danger to anyone else when he is eventually released.
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Why waste money on violent criminals who will never change ?
It would be better spent on the casualties of war .....