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Many prisons all over America are cramped and crowded, with people living in terrible conditions, often locked in cells for more than 18 hours a day. Besides why should prisoners be treated badly? What they receive in that prison sounds perfectly reasonable to me, since they still have human rights. And before you go moaning about how “innocent people starve on the street” consider WHY these people starve on the street, If you want lower taxes and more free market and capitalism, (therefore less of a welfare state), that is the price you will have to pay. For that will be an inevitable result of capitalism and the free market, under capitalism & free market at least you simply cannot escape people starving in the streets. |
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A fallacy that a lot of you are buying into is that it is more expensive to sustain a jailed criminal for the rest of his life than it is to execute him.
That is false - the executions end up costing a lot more, due to the equipment, appeals, and various other factors - I will back this up with proof if you wish.
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I am soooo tempted to be snotty to you, Dramnek, but I am trying to accept that we simply have different views. I just don't see why you (seem to) think that criminals deserve better treatment than other members of society.
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(BTW it cost's more money to sentence someone to death, than it does to keep them in prison for life, since most people spend about 17 years on death row, and you have to pay the lawyers for all the appeals etc) Every day, 10000’s of paper cups & Styrofoam thingies are chucked at fast food joints all over the western world, what about all the recycling that does not happen? Besides if you don’t want to spend so much money on looking after prisoners, don’t lock so many of them up for petty little drugs offences, (dealing is bad though) just help them instead. |
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Oh, plus the fact that quite often prisoners are beaten up or raped by other prisoners - if jail is really comparable to a military barracks or life at home, then I'm surprised people like you aren't a bunch of felons.
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Oh, plus the fact that quite often prisoners are beaten up or raped by other prisoners - if jail is really comparable to a military barracks or life at home, then I'm surprised people like you aren't a bunch of felons.[/QUOTE]Not every one in that prison is there for life. And I have to remind you...in the Navy aboard ship and on Subs...you cant leave either. usually for up to 3 to 6 months at a time but still you can be restricted quite a bit. I will admit the state run prisons can be quite dangerous, some of the federal facilities are quite nice in comparison, so the key here is..if you choose crime as your career path....do something federal [ 05-30-2002, 02:31 PM: Message edited by: MagiK ] |
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Oh, plus the fact that quite often prisoners are beaten up or raped by other prisoners - if jail is really comparable to a military barracks or life at home, then I'm surprised people like you aren't a bunch of felons.[/QUOTE]Not every one in that prison is there for life. And I have to remind you...in the Navy aboard ship and on Subs...you cant leave either. usually for up to 3 to 6 months at a time but still you can be restricted quite a bit.[/QUOTE]That's nice, but you're not likely to be beaten or raped on an aircraft carrier. Why don't you actually go spend a few days in a prison and then you can tell us about the blissful paradise it is.
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I might have to leave this thread for a while... It is so frustrating to me that people care more about the rights of criminals than the people they rape, torture and murder.
"Mr. Smith, you have killed 20 people. This court sentences you to a long hug to raise your self esteem, because it is our own fault that you became homicidal. The victims and their families should be ashamed of what they did to you..." Yes, in a perfect society, we could rehabilitate everyone and there would be no need for capital punishment. But are we living in a perfect society? [ 05-30-2002, 02:34 PM: Message edited by: Arnabas ]
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