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From: Mr.T on 30 Jul 2010 01:21 "D Walford" <dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message news:4c5259e9$0$28673$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > True but the punishment should fit the crime, if someone assaults or > robs someone their punishment is very likely to be less than the > punishment someone gets for spinning their tyres which doesn't make a > lot of sense. Since when have politicians made any sense? Judges either for that matter. MrT.
From: John_H on 30 Jul 2010 01:26 D Walford wrote: >On 30/07/2010 12:05 AM, Clocky wrote: >> >> You reap what you sow, rich or poor. > >True but the punishment should fit the crime, if someone assaults or >robs someone their punishment is very likely to be less than the >punishment someone gets for spinning their tyres which doesn't make a >lot of sense. >The public have been calling for increased punishment for crims for >years but Govt isn't interested but they have no problem handing severe >punishment to car drivers. >You could beat up your wife and get a less severe punishment than a "hoon". The law courts punish crims, and may well take the perp's circumstances into account. In most cases police impose mandatory penalties prescribed by GovCo on car drivers. Are you calling for more police powers or less? :) -- John H
From: Jason James on 30 Jul 2010 02:10 "Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote in message news:4c5170db$0$12404$c30e37c6(a)exi-reader.telstra.net... > > "D Walford" <dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message > news:4c516d69$0$28656$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > >> In either case the owner looses their property so how its disposed of >> shouldn't make any difference to them. > > It shouldn't but it probably does. > > I know if I was ever stupid enough to have some car that I'd put time and > money into confiscated I'd be a lot more pissed off if it was crushed than > if it was still cruising around in the hands of someone else. There's something amiss when punishment uses psychology in a deliberant negative sense. They crush the car not to put it off the road, as if it was defective,..but to torment the previous owner. Stuff them!! It's "cruel and unusual" punishment. Jason
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From: D Walford on 30 Jul 2010 03:55
On 30/07/2010 3:21 PM, Mr.T wrote: > "D Walford"<dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message > news:4c5259e9$0$28673$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >> True but the punishment should fit the crime, if someone assaults or >> robs someone their punishment is very likely to be less than the >> punishment someone gets for spinning their tyres which doesn't make a >> lot of sense. > > Since when have politicians made any sense? Since never but they are making even less sense in this case. Daryl |