paul_valaru
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I think the punishment for owning an Iphone should be....owning an Iphone.
In certain foreign lands, they stone you to death for the crime of being a woman and being seen with a make you're not related to...what's your point, H2O? IN S.A., for instance...the victim is punished more than the perp.
At least kill the first guy.
"Execution is too expensive"? Really? I mean, really? It costs tens of thousands of dollars a year to feed, house, and clothe prisoners. This asshole is looking at what, decades in prison? So we can piss away more money keeping him alive? Electric chair might not be eco-friendly (unless it's solar-powered) but you can just hit him in the head a couple of times with a brick or something, and do it for free.
I like Singapore's ideas.
A new feature thread. Open to all, all positions equal, please. From the initial report of a crime, you judge the criminal and pass sentence. Think he can be reformed? Pass sentence that way. Feel free to demand more evidence before judging if you want. It's open season, folks.
Attacking another's position is frowned upon.
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Not if the victim is a female. Her testimony alone can not put a man to death (or even charge him with the crime).in certain foreign lands where people dont much like us they behead over less than this
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I used to be designated driver for our group when we hit the bars and clubs. No excuses.Back on the idea of punishment vs. prevention, how many folks have you ever met in your entire life who could have any alcohol beyond 2 drinks, and then without prior planning for a ride make responsible decisions? I know of one and even he fudges it sometimes.
So say it happens to someone you know and love, they have a couple of drinks and make a bad decision, or better yet their safe ride cancels and they are too impaired at that point to make a good decision, and they commit a similar crime. Say it was a child of yours, or a spouse or any family. Should they get 20 years, life, perhaps the death penalty, and if you say yes, what has any of that solved? It will never make drinking people responsible. So what are you left with, prohibition? We all know how well that worked!
I can't find a recipe for that drink... can you post it?La Cosa Nostra anyone?
I can't find a recipe for that drink... can you post it?
Back on the idea of punishment vs. prevention, how many folks have you ever met in your entire life who could have any alcohol beyond 2 drinks, and then without prior planning for a ride make responsible decisions? I know of one and even he fudges it sometimes.
If they know that killing someone while drunk driving results in decades in prison, they'll call a damn cab. Or sleep on the couch. Or anything that doesn't involve drunk driving. If you know you can't make a responsible decision after two drinks, then don't order a third. If you know you don't have a ride, can't call a taxi, and can't spend the night, then don't get drunk. These are just the most basic concepts of being responsible for your own actions. You think the fact that he can't make a responsible decision while drunk is going to bring the 3 people he killed back to life?
I used to be designated driver for our group when we hit the bars and clubs. No excuses.....
Back on the idea of punishment vs. prevention, how many folks have you ever met in your entire life who could have any alcohol beyond 2 drinks, and then without prior planning for a ride make responsible decisions? I know of one and even he fudges it sometimes.
So say it happens to someone you know and love, they have a couple of drinks and make a bad decision, or better yet their safe ride cancels and they are too impaired at that point to make a good decision, and they commit a similar crime. Say it was a child of yours, or a spouse or any family. Should they get 20 years, life, perhaps the death penalty, and if you say yes, what has any of that solved? It will never make drinking people responsible. So what are you left with, prohibition? We all know how well that worked....
If they know that killing someone while drunk driving results in decades in prison, they'll call a damn cab. Or sleep on the couch. Or anything that doesn't involve drunk driving. If you know you can't make a responsible decision after two drinks, then don't order a third. If you know you don't have a ride, can't call a taxi, and can't spend the night, then don't get drunk. These are just the most basic concepts of being responsible for your own actions. You think the fact that he can't make a responsible decision while drunk is going to bring the 3 people he killed back to life?
John Lennon (that pinko commie fag satanist drug addict loser dude) said:You may say I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one!
Oh yes and BTW, the vast majority of folks who cause such accidents are clinically diagnosable as alcoholics, so stopping at two....NEVER GONNA HAPPEN! You must also consider that those who are not alcoholic are far more impaired after two then an alcoholic after two.
That first part doesn't necessarily work with the second. I'm not sure if you've seen many statistics on this but I would think it's possible the alcoholic could cause less accidents than than people who don't drink regularly and are out of their element. I have no idea, just sayin' it seems possible.