09-27-2005, 12:10 PM
whyBish,Sep 27 2005, 01:13 AM Wrote:Over here we have the problem where the state is too civil, and things have gone really wrong. When you find out on the news that a P-crazed child murderer had 200 prior convictions, surely you have to say a serious WTF. How on earth can a state allow a citizen to rack up 200+ convictions. Surely any more than 3 (or 10? or 50?) is more than enough to indicate someone that is not civilised enough for civilisation???
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whybish, could you elaborate on that?
Was this individual convicted of child murder 200 times and still not incarcerated? :blink: Or was it 200 convictions for possession/trafficing in "P" ? (What exactly is "P" anyway?)
Or were they convictions for things like driving too fast and/or failing to wear seatbelts?
On the face of it, that many convictions sounds incredible. I really have no idea what the 'right' number would be to decide that said individual requires permanent incarceration, as a 'dangerous offender'. I just wonder about what constituted a prior conviction.
And you may call it righteousness
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake