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  • Execution

    11 23.91%

  • Castration witth rusty tin.

    10 21.74%

  • Chemical castration and, a 3 inch diameter steel bar surgically placed somewhere uncomfortable.

    3 6.52%

  • Sent to jail without protective custody

    22 47.83%
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  1. 5th August 2005, 10:35 PM #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by silentC
    That's one way of looking at it. The other is to let the punishment fit the crime. There are other legal systems than ours and in some of them, it is an eye for an eye. Our's errs on the side of caution but it lets a lot of people off scott free. You have to wonder what sort of deterrent it really is.
    I doubt anything would deter them. Harsher penalties rarely deter people from committing crimes. The penalties for drink driving are pretty stiff, but the police still catch plenty of fools who are willing to put themselves and other road users at risk.

    Paedophiles feel compelled to molest kids. They know it's wrong, but the compulsion is so great that they choose to do it anyway. I very much doubt that they are thinking about the possible consequences when they are planning or cotemplating their crimes.
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  3. 7th August 2005, 11:00 AM #32
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dion N
    The penalties for drink driving are pretty stiff,.
    drink driving fines of a few hundred dollars are no deterant. Just a bit of an annoyance. Same with speeding fines. $100 for every km/hr above the limit it should be. We could spend the money generated on the recalibration or upgrading of speed detecting devices.
    Harsher penalties may not deter the filth but they surely wouldn't encourage them.
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  4. 7th August 2005, 02:59 PM #33
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gingermick
    drink driving fines of a few hundred dollars are no deterant. Just a bit of an annoyance. Same with speeding fines. $100 for every km/hr above the limit it should be. We could spend the money generated on the recalibration or upgrading of speed detecting devices.
    Harsher penalties may not deter the filth but they surely wouldn't encourage them.
    What makes you think these penalties are meant to be a deterrent. they are revenue raisers. if the penalty was so steep that we dare not take the risk how would the government make any money? and besides if the penalties were a serious deterrent, and it wasnt just a revenue raising exercise, then maybe more police resources could be diverted to investigating and preventing real crimes like assault, theft, paedophelia, murder, wilful damage etc. Try and report a wilful damage, minor theft or burglary and the police try to talk you out of it. at best they will log it for the benefit of your insurance claim. they dont have resources to investigate anything under $10,000. they are too busy making money for the government to be serving the public by maintaining law and order.
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