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i agree the idea is fleshed superficially, child pornography is pretty easy to get people to rally against where as drug issues enter grey areas of ethics and m

i agree the idea is fleshed superficially, child pornography is pretty easy to get people to rally against where as drug issues enter grey areas of ethics and morality.. i am more interested in the idea of punishment for improper use of this and other vague laws as a method of deincentivising abuse i also think the logic of 'there are too many instances to be able to regulate' is flawed and incentivises the offenders to be more aggressive a possible solution to volume could be only deal in values less than a certain threshold and raise said threshold with each vote depending on number of instances until all instances are voted on you could backlog previous periods of unvoted instances into later months with lower number of instances the goal is to reduce the number of instances so this issue will hopefully solve itself as for terse yet comprehensive descriptions of the events that led to the forfeiture there is room for a discussion on how best to handle that the recent vote in my city carried with it a number of numbered and alphabetized bills that carried a sentence or two description on the ballot i figured something similar imperfect but better than 'well, its out of control so let's hope it just rights itself'

dalke 12y ago
Your proposals are untenable. If my $20,000, which I got from friends and family to buy a backhoe loader for my contracting work, is confiscated for up to 6 months, then that's a huge pain in my life and career. If my car is confiscated then that's a huge impact on my ability to get to work. If you then "backlog previous periods of unvoted instances into later months with lower number of instances" it becomes worse. Prohibit civil forfeiture. It's much easier. If you want citizen oversight, get a citizen review board, and require that the putative owner is allowed to have a public defender. And make sure the public defender's office is sufficiently funded.

dalke 12y ago

Your proposals are untenable. If my $20,000, which I got from friends and family to buy a backhoe loader for my contracting work, is confiscated for up to 6 months, then that's a huge pain in my life and career. If my car is confiscated then that's a huge impact on my ability to get to work. If you then "backlog previous periods of unvoted instances into later months with lower number of instances" it becomes worse. Prohibit civil forfeiture. It's much easier. If you want citizen oversight, get a citizen review board, and require that the putative owner is allowed to have a public defender. And make sure the public defender's office is sufficiently funded.