Ice policy

Young Simmo · Guru

RE: Ice policy

tonyd · Guru

And the whole point about the death penalty is that it is the only sanction in the legal system with a 100 per cent success rate: nobody subject to it has EVER reoffended.

We have to get away from this weak culture of making excuses for criminals and return to a culture of punishment for offenders.

Far too many of our magistrates and judges have this idealised view of themselves as some sort of social workers.

That's fine, so long as they resign their well-paid sinecures, do the appropriate course of study and get out on the streets.

Tony

03_Troopy · Guru

tonyd wrote:
And the whole point about the death penalty is that it is the only sanction in the legal system with a 100 per cent success rate: nobody subject to it has EVER reoffended.

We have to get away from this weak culture of making excuses for criminals and return to a culture of punishment for offenders.

Far too many of our magistrates and judges have this idealised view of themselves as some sort of social workers.

That's fine, so long as they resign their well-paid sinecures, do the appropriate course of study and get out on the streets.

Tony

Including the innocent ones.

Young Simmo · Guru

John, it didn't help the Bali Boys, but it did stop them, and hanging has to be enormously cheaper than keeping and feeding them for 20 years.

Also how can you or anybody say, "neither did it stop others from continuing to do the same stoopid thing with drugs". Nobody will ever know the answer to that question.

Sorry mate, I really do appreciate the value of life, as we lost our youngest at 4 1/2 years, 43 years ago.

Cheers......Simmo.

Young Simmo · Guru

Oop's wrong page my last comment was intended for rockylizard at bottom of page 1.
Simmo.

rockylizard · Guru

Gday...

We lost our first at one hour old 32 years ago .... not that it matters or has any bearing on anything.

All I am suggesting is that despite the hanging of the "Bali Boys", the death penalty has definitely NOT stopped the mules, suppliers or dealers from their very lucrative business.

Quite probably that is the guts of the problem ... there is so much money in the carting, delivering and supplying of drugs that hundreds continue to do so ... DESPITE whatever penalty is applied.

Cheers - John