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Thread ID: 68406	2006-04-27 01:46:00	It's just wrong!	CYaBro (73)	PC World Chat

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449888	2006-04-27 01:46:00	www.theinquirer.net	CYaBro (73)
449889	2006-04-27 01:58:00	It's about par for the course ! Violation of property rights, especially the property of personages of power had always attracted more severe penalties than most other crimes in the past, at least in English law, as for example being deported for stealing a loaf of bread, or hung for horse stealing. Whereas beating a child or wife to death was just one of those things that happened from time to time. Winston may well be able to amplify more.	Terry Porritt (14)
449890	2006-04-27 02:55:00	That's an American site and not correct for NZ. Furthermore, I doubt that it is accurate. In California with it's "Three Strikes" law, the punishment for a third conviction on even a minor offence means serious jail time. Much more than the sentences quoted. In NZ the Police and the Courts are focused on victim related crime to such an extent that some people have given up reporting burglary and theft. It isn't a priority. Having said that, property crime is a lot easier to prove than offences against people. With property, eg a stolen car, there is physical evidence including sometimes paper trails, signatures, and fingerprints. But an assault becomes one person's word against another. Software piracy including music etc is a big problem. Why would you bother to record a song to sell if everyone got it for nix. You might as well keep your day job at Macdonalds and play pubs at night.	Winston001 (3612)
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