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I know that's impossible under the current climate, but if you think about it, it might be better. If you caned criminals as opposed to relying on long jail sentences, you could save taxpayers money.
I am for executing criminals for all but the most petty crimes. Anything violent, sexual, or with a gun. Only things like, say... Jaywalking, you live.
Littering, you are dead!
We keep getting more and more permissive, let's try my way for ten years and reevaluate.
[quote=LLN;33582065]I am for executing criminals for all but the most petty crimes. Anything violent, sexual, or with a gun. Only things like, say... Jaywalking, you live.
Littering, you are dead!
We keep getting more and more permissive, let's try my way for ten years and reevaluate.[/
while it sounds extreme, you do have a good point. the criminal laws are kind of too soft and humane in many "civilized" countries, which causes crowded prisons supported by tax payers. ppl like bernie mudoff should be hung 100times instead of being kept low lives of that kind in an airconditioned cell.
when it comes to law and order, there is something to be learned from the islamic countries. all those malicious perps do not deserve a 2nd chance at the cost of peace loving citizens.
We definitely underuse the death penalty to a disgusting degree. Firing squads are cheap, effective punishment for those whose existence is pointless to society.
We definitely underuse the death penalty to a disgusting degree. Firing squads are cheap, effective punishment for those whose existence is pointless to society.
In the colonial days, you did not have long term jail sentences in the US. For serious crimes you got the death penalty. For lesser crimes, you got beaten. Some societies still work like this. Long term prison was seen as a waste of resources (you have to feed, clothe, and take care of the prisoners).
The Quakers pushed hard for reforms in the US and they were successful. They mostly eliminated the death penalty and public beatings. While they may be more "humane" it lead the entire US to have the largest prison population in the world. The US has 5% of the world's population, but 25% of the world's prisoners.
Having such a large prison population/underclass does not do well for society.
Really, beating a person is a painful form of punishment that's briefly over and the person can go back to work, has no permanent record, etc. Sending someone to jail gives them a criminal record that destroys their chances at finding a job or maybe even housing.
The people on this forum got angry at a landlord for wanting to rent out to a convict who had a murder conviction. So if people can't stand the idea of someone renting out a residence to a former convict, perhaps the society should use a combination of physical punishment (caning, electroshock) for lessor offenses, and for serious offenses consider the death penalty.
I think the premise of this thread is wrong. In Singapore the sentence is never just caning, but caning along with a prison sentence.
Lower crime rates in Singapore are probably due to a combination of corporal punishment, harsh prison sentences, and, most importantly, greater cultural homogeneity than many Western countries.
I will never visit places like Singapore etc. Apalling. They might throw you in a hole for life. Don't expect any intervention from US. As days go by the more i start to hate countries like this. Not the everyday ppl of these totalitarian states but the leadership that torments and enslaves them. Disgusting.
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