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| Thread ID: 76113 | 2007-01-21 06:20:00 | Crime as a profession! | Cicero (40) | PC World Chat |
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| 517972 | 2007-01-21 10:56:00 | Anyone want to guess what hes up to nowadays? Mayor of Wanganui |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 517973 | 2007-01-21 15:46:00 | Some of friends today laugh at the criminal system. They go out and get drunk, have a fight, beat some poor guy senseless, get a slap on the wrist then go back home and continue on. Speaking of drunks, how many times do you have to get DIC'd before the law actually does anything to teach you a lesson? I think the answer is nothing..... How many convicted murderers in the '90's are already out of jail? You will be surprised. But yea, without a detterant (sp?) people can do what they want. Hard on the taxpayer though. |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 517974 | 2007-01-21 19:44:00 | But yea, without a detterant (sp?) people can do what they want. Hard on the taxpayer though. Its all Americas fault. There was a doco on Sky the other day about the history of crime punishment. Europe and England were chopping off hands, using stocks, hanging people etc etc. America when new decided that it was barbaric (England to be fair was leaning towards this attitude too by then) and came up with jails. Jails overseas at that time were only for debtors. The idea was to reform them. And I mean reform, the idea at the beginning wasn't just to lock them up and leave them. So.....now we have jails. Brilliant idea wasn't it. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 517975 | 2007-01-21 20:14:00 | I find it hard to take when one reads.... He killed two people and will serve a minimum of 17 years. So...2 lives = 17 years in the pokey. I wonder what the recipients of this chaps largess think about it. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 517976 | 2007-01-21 20:58:00 | People can get away with so much... About 18months back I was being chased in my vehicle (Completely un-provoked, at the time I was driving a champagne colored 1997 Hyundai Accent, 1300cc: A granny-car at best) and it was obvious the guy was trying to ram into me (Trust me if you've ever had it happen, you'll understand how you can 'see it coming' before it does). Anyways, after I drive through Westgate carpark, I pull over outside the AA office, in front of Countdown where there's a ton of people and he drives right into the side of me before parking up and coming over and trying to smash up my car with his fists. Took down the details of a few witnesses after he left (no harm done to me) and his car details, gave it to the police who were immediately after him. They caught him that night driving and pulled him over. He got a slap on the wrists because the police were un-sure of how to charge the man? They told me "Oh he's done it a number of times, never any insurance, never shows up to court" and Im thinkin "well that great sunshine, and you guys pulled him over, had him, and just let him drive off with nothin but a stern word from your mouth?! SUPER!" Sadly during my attempted escape from the man, I went straight when the lane I was in was a left-turn only at a round-about... So because it was on my statement the police told me if any action was to happen that I would have to start by paying $240 for the traffic offense. Repairs of the car only just came to that when I replaced a few panels myself, so I told them to get real and forget about it. I'd hate to think how this scenario would go: Bob breaks into Bills house to steal his stuff Bill wakes up, sees Bill going into his daughters bedroom so smacks him over the back of the head with the butt of his rifle Bob punches back Bill shoot Bob in the chest, fearing for his own life Bob dies on the way to the hospital in the ambulance Who would you say should be done? Would the police think the same? All this said n done, I still have a lot of respect for the police as keepers of the peace. Ive never had a speeding ticket, never been a drunk-driver, so they have no reason to dislike me.. and Im better off for it :) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 517977 | 2007-01-21 23:31:00 | From the above,does it not suggest that the thugs are winning? Note how little the comment is,everybody must think this is the norm and therefore,so what!. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 517978 | 2007-01-22 02:56:00 | From another site I frequent: "At a trial here in Canada this week, the father of a 16 year old daughter has been jailed for 10 years (minimum) because he shot and killed her boyfriend. The boyfriend was 24, a drug dealer, and had the daughter hooked on drugs. The father had made previous legal attempts to save his daughter. The daughter is now off drugs, completed high school, and is now working, thanks her father for saving her life. Justice gone askew methinks." What would happen here? |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 517979 | 2007-01-23 07:13:00 | he was breaking the law, whatever reason/justification he had he should still be in jail, not that it's right morally, but the curse of systems like this is there isn't room for viligantes as some do deserve to be imprisoned. now for the angry driver: how can they not just arrest him for assault and use of a vehicle as a weapon? does he have to kill someone first? i had a tailgater yesterday nearly hit me when i stopped for an intersection. why was he tailgating? because my little 1300cc starlet beat his 3000cc turbo diesel 4wd to a merging after some lights (by a long shot too, so no danger/cutting off). |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
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