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Yeah! Lock up the meth heads, that’ll fix crime!
by hsbauauvhabzb 1y ago
Yeah! Lock up the meth heads, that’ll fix crime!
- mc32 1y agoSlippery slope. They can start tightening things down and make it unacceptable lawfully as well as socially. Portugal after experimenting with permissiveness is tightening down. We can do it too and save people from perdition.
- tiagod 1y agoPortugal is not tightening it down based on data, but based on perceptions. A shift to populism reverting previous progressive changes proves nothing. Also, we didn't experiment with permissiveness, we fixed a heroin crisis that was completely out of control. You have no idea how bad it got before we stopped throwing addicts in jail and started providing them with rehab. Source: I've lived here all my life.
- Levitz 1y agoPortugal after having massive success with actually dealing with addictions is backing down because of the budget.
- bitlax 1y agoIt literally does and it's good for the meth heads.
- SturgeonsLaw 1y agoYeah, nothing improves their prospects quite like adding a criminal record onto their drug addiction
- bitlax 1y agoWell you'd be adding a charge and hopefully mitigating the addiction, which is a rational tradeoff. And this is assuming this person doesn't already have a record.
- hsbauauvhabzb 1y agoI personally would prefer to do 6+ more jail and not have a record. Having a record punishes unnecessarily by destroying a persons future.
- bitlax 1y ago> Having a record punishes unnecessarily by destroying a persons future. As opposed to doing drugs in a public park?
- hsbauauvhabzb 1y agoYou’re right, we really should throw the baby out with the bath water. Edit: 6 *months more in jail, in above post
- bitlax 1y agoExcept I believe the person is better off with a record than continuing to do meth. You'd turn your back as the baby drowns in the tub. You might even open the faucet before doing so.
- hsbauauvhabzb 1y agoWeird strawman but okay.
- bitlax 1y agoNo, you just can't follow the argument, but that's ok. At least you learned that your brand of sarcasm doesn't actually make you sound smarter.
- hsbauauvhabzb 1y agoI don’t recall ever letting a baby drown as part of an argument. You strawmanned.