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Originally posted by the_only_turek_fan@Oct 13 2004, 04:55 PM
Riggggggght, hence all the people on the streets that are beging for money.
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Huh? You are talking out of both sides of your mouth. You say "homeless people are motivated to go to jail" in one breath and "hence all the people on the streets" in the next. Which is it? Are people motivated to go to jail or aren't they.
It motivates people who don't have anything going for them to engage in criminal behavior, does it? Why do criminals always try to get away with it? How often do you hear stories about a guy committing a crime and then just hanging out, waiting for the cops?
I've never been to prison either but you paint a pretty rosy picture. Guys in the slammer for murder aren't tiptoeing through the tulips. The are likely locked up 20 hours a day with some other lunatic and when they aren't locked in their cells they are in a very unpleasant environment.
As to the death penalty -- no thanks. It doesn't stop anyone and I say we should leave the murdering to the murderers. It's such a silly message -- "You can't kill someone, it's against the rules, so we'll kill you now".
While we're at it, let's not advocate torture (cold, darkness, very little food)for prisoners either. It's beneath us.