Michael Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/articl...6DMk0gD96NB6EG0
FireMedic65 Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 If someone threw acid in my face and blinded me.. you bet your ass I would want revenge, and not just have them pt in jail! One of the problems in this country is that criminals have too many rights.
Chief1C Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 I wonder if she gets to carry out the punishment? I'd go armed..
mrmeaner Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 So why is it Octo-mom The Useless has a website for donations and this lady is getting the shaft. Oh, that's right. We traded our common sense and morals for an iPhone and an X-box. If she starts a fundraiser to get the 25k, I'm in for at least $20.
FireMedic65 Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 So why is it Octo-mom The Useless has a website for donations and this lady is getting the shaft. Oh, that's right. We traded our common sense and morals for an iPhone and an X-box. If she starts a fundraiser to get the 25k, I'm in for at least $20. I didn't get my xbox oh right.. I still have my morals. I was watching this medical show, some lady in China who was like 10ft tall and had all kinds of health problems. No one wanted to help her, no one lifted a finger to do anything. Finally someone looks at her in the hospital, but sends her home with vitamins. Problem was, no one wanted to pay for anything to help her. She was poor from a poor family. Then I hear later, she was getting all kinds of help from American docs, free of charge. go figure huh?
Katiebug Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 If she starts a fundraiser to get the 25k, I'm in for at least $20. Amen brother. I'm all for the eye for an eye thing. I bet it would stop a lot of the craziness here in the States. Hurt someone, get hurt. Kill and be killed. Rapist and pedophiles get their peckers cut off. Steal something and work for who you stole it from till it's paid for. Does anyone think that won't work? If so, why?
FireMedic65 Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Amen brother. I'm all for the eye for an eye thing. I bet it would stop a lot of the craziness here in the States. Hurt someone, get hurt. Kill and be killed. Rapist and pedophiles get their peckers cut off. Steal something and work for who you stole it from till it's paid for. Does anyone think that won't work? If so, why? Theft should have some harsher consequences. They used to cut your hand off for it.
Michael Posted March 11, 2009 Author Posted March 11, 2009 I'm all for the eye for an eye thing. I bet it would stop a lot of the craziness here in the States. Hurt someone, get hurt. Kill and be killed. Rapist and pedophiles get their peckers cut off. Steal something and work for who you stole it from till it's paid for. Does anyone think that won't work? If so, why? I like the restitution part of your formula, and I would extend it to every class of wrongdoing I can think of. Seems more constructive that vengeance. As for revenge, do you find less craziness in Iran than here? Also, a rapist or pedophile who fears castration may have a greater incentive to kill his victims and witnesses in order to avoid capture/conviction. Also, juries that find penalties too harsh will refrain from convicting. That's what's what I'm told happened under the ancient Greek lawgiver nicknamed Draco (= "The Dragon," from which we get the phrase "draconian punishment"), whose statutes mandated penalties juries found excessive: Criminals could count on going free because they knew juries wouldn't want them executed for stealing. Also, compensating victims of wrongful convictions is difficult when the sentence was death or dismemberment. Those are a few of the problems I see. It's hard to appeal the Law of Unintended Consequences.
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