Yet another reason that I'm delighted to know that The Boston Globe will soon be out of business.
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Yet another reason that I'm delighted to know that The Boston Globe will soon be out of business.
Originally Posted by Iknowitallyeomans
Ban the manufacture and sale of handguns and automatic weapons. Now I advocate disbanding the greedy and cowardly NRA and assigning it as a terrorist organization and a threat to our Republic....And for all you cowardly tough-guy hand-gun lovers - we can and will pry them from your cold dead cornball hands...Sooner or later.
I whole heartedly agree, but how do we pay for that? To keep all the criminals in jail, we would need to build many, many more prisons because the population of criminals is increasing faster than they die off. This would be a major overhaul of our judicial system to revamp criminal punishments for say drug offenders but throw away the key for violent crime. Unfortunately there is no money to be made by the state for imprisoning criminals; it's a one way, exit only cash situation so they will never do it. Hence why there are so many criminals on the street. Prisons have a fixed budget and can only pay to keep so many in their cages. And by the way, yes, I do believe criminals should be forced into manual labor to repay their debts.
Bob
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Originally Posted by Iknowitallyeomans
Ban the manufacture and sale of handguns and automatic weapons. Now I advocate disbanding the greedy and cowardly NRA and assigning it as a terrorist organization and a threat to our Republic....And for all you cowardly tough-guy hand-gun lovers - we can and will pry them from your cold dead cornball hands...Sooner or later.
Anybody want to bet this guy won't be the one in front coming for those guns?
Whe I was growing up there was a prison farm a couple towns over, and we would see the convicts out working the fields during the summer months. You go by there now and the farm is now a prisoners ball field and exercise / recreation area that puts those of our local schools to shame.
The day we start making prisons about punishment instead of "rehabilitation", the prison population will decrease. Get up before sunrise. Break rocks. Dig ditches. Grow vegetables and give them away to the victims. Clean out vacant lots and other blights. The coddling needs to end - both in the courtroom and behind the walls.
Whe I was growing up there was a prison farm a couple towns over, and we would see the convicts out working the fields during the summer months. You go by there now and the farm is now a prisoners ball field and exercise / recreation area that puts those of our local schools to shame.
The day we start making prisons about punishment instead of "rehabilitation" and deterrence, the prison population will decrease. Get up before sunrise. Break rocks. Dig ditches. Grow vegetables and give them away to the victims. Clean out vacant lots and other blights. Restrict prisoner "privileges" to an absolute minimum. The coddling needs to end - both in the courtroom and behind the walls. The fear of punishment is all the deterrent that should be necessary, however prison, for a criminal, is not fearful.
Make them die off at a faster rate.To keep all the criminals in jail, we would need to build many, many more prisons because the population of criminals is increasing faster than they die off.
I whole heartedly agree, but how do we pay for that? To keep all the criminals in jail, we would need to build many, many more prisons because the population of criminals is increasing faster than they die off. This would be a major overhaul of our judicial system to revamp criminal punishments for say drug offenders but throw away the key for violent crime. Unfortunately there is no money to be made by the state for imprisoning criminals; it's a one way, exit only cash situation so they will never do it. Hence why there are so many criminals on the street. Prisons have a fixed budget and can only pay to keep so many in their cages. And by the way, yes, I do believe criminals should be forced into manual labor to repay their debts.
Bob
The day we start making prisons about punishment instead of "rehabilitation" and deterrence, the prison population will decrease. Get up before sunrise. Break rocks. Dig ditches. Grow vegetables and give them away to the victims. Clean out vacant lots and other blights. Restrict prisoner "privileges" to an absolute minimum. The coddling needs to end - both in the courtroom and behind the walls. The fear of punishment is all the deterrent that should be necessary, however prison, for a criminal, is not fearful.
It isn't a democracy. There's still aspects of our society that aren't democratic at all.
Yet another reason that I'm delighted to know that The Boston Globe will soon be out of business.