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Are you kidding me? What do you want to do instead, cut his hand off? If we have to pay to keep a criminal like this off the street, then I'm OK with that. We'
by nhangen 13y ago
Are you kidding me? What do you want to do instead, cut his hand off?
If we have to pay to keep a criminal like this off the street, then I'm OK with that. We're paying for protection.
Not to mention, there's lots that could go wrong with lacking the 'impulse control' to enter someone's hotel room.
- PeterisP 13y agoYou got me thinking - it would be 'cruel&unusual' and invoke flashbacks to barbaric times, but a '3-strikes' policy that would put a permenent, visible brand "i'm a thief" or "i'm a con-man" would probably deter opportunities future crimes. It's not humane and it restricts liberty - but it's more humane and less liberty-restricting than the corrent "solution" of permanent imprisonment.
- EliRivers 13y agoAre you kidding me? What do you want to do instead, cut his hand off? The sheer lack of imagination and knowledge you exhibit is astonishing. If I don't think it's smart to imprison him, I must want to cut his hand off? Let me guess; you're a US citizen and you don't travel much, so all you've ever seen regarding prison policy is identical US politicians posturing over who can be more "tough on crime"?
- SolarNet 13y agoInstead of insulting him, why not provide some links: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/feb/25/norwegian-prison-inmates-treated-like-people http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/feb/25/norwegian-pri... http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/11/sweden-closes-prisons-number-inmates-plummets http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/11/sweden-closes-p...
- nhangen 13y agoMy point is that you are overly quick to criticize, but very slow to present alternatives. Let's hear it. What do you suggest?