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You can however stop punishing drunk driving and watch the number of drunk driving incidents skyrocket. The punishment is designed to act as a deterrent.

• aaomidi 6y ago
  Again I don't think someone who is behind the wheel driving drunk is thinking about the consequences of their actions. I don't think the severity of the punishment changes that. I'd much rather see why drunk driving rates is far higher in the US than other countries with similar laws and transpiration systems.
  • screamingninja 6y ago
    I don't think I understand what alternative solution you are proposing here.
    • aaomidi 6y ago
      1. Look at why drunk driving is a much larger problem in the US than other places. 2. Is there stuff we can do to fix the discrepancy in the US. 3. Can the perpetrator of harm in society be a part of fixing the harm they have done, and preventing more harm in society. I think punitive justice is just the easy way out and never addresses the roots of the problems. For example, imagine instead of jailing people for 15 years, we used that money to subsidize lyft/uber rides of 18-25 year olds when they were detected to be near bars. How much impact would that have compared to jailing?
  • mbrodersen 6y ago
    Right. So if somebody gets drunk and kills a school full of children with a machine gun then we should ask him/her nicely to not do it again and send him home in a Taxi?