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Originally Posted by Sliver
Finding the guy barely even matters. He's a vagrant. It's not like he'll be able to pay for the damage. He can't even pay a fine. So, what, we throw him in the slammer for 30 days?
That's it. Experiment over. Throw up some railings and call it a day. Calgarians can't handle the art project. Let's try again in 50 years. What a downer.
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Originally Posted by FlameOn
Time needs to scale with damage caused, and it should be converted to hard labour, forced public service or something similar so the time isn't just a cake walk for repeat offenders. The steep punishments seem to work in other parts of the world.
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Community service, as FlameOn says. Do they even do that anymore? I remember working with people who were doing community service when I was a university student on one of my summer jobs. For those who are homeless maybe there in an opportunity to give them a decent meal at the same time, and it keeps them off the street for awhile anyhow.