mistry
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as per title, and a continuation from another thread, has this country gone too soft...
some of my views may seem radical, but i only have such views due to the times we live in...i posted this comment and some fellow members did not share my view (whilst i may not agree with them, i respect that they have their own opinion) after reading about another story of broken britain...
whilst some of the punishments seem extreme, i still believe this would be the best way to deter from crime in the current climate that we find ourselves in...
i remember when i was younger, i was no angel but i never ever harmed anyone and was scared of the police and the punishments dealt out for committing a crime...
in today's world, people aren't scared of the consequences of their actions as they know they will only get a slap on the wrists, a suspended sentence, a 5 year sentence where you could be out after 2 years on probation, etc, etc..
this actually encourages bad behaviour...!!!
what do the forum members think, do we need harsher punishments or are we just hyping up "broken britain" and the problems are not as big as we / the media make out to be???
some of my views may seem radical, but i only have such views due to the times we live in...i posted this comment and some fellow members did not share my view (whilst i may not agree with them, i respect that they have their own opinion) after reading about another story of broken britain...
one of the reason's why this country is in such a up state is because there is no real punishment dished out by so-called judges and the goverenment really don't give 2 about us poeple as long as they get their tax money to waste on stupid EU regulations, etc, etc...
when someone gets sent to prison for 5 years, it should be 5 years, forget probation or good behaviour, you done the crime so you should do the time..END OF!!!
i for one wish i could run this country for one term, as soon as i get in power i would:
- detach outselves from the stupid EU regulation of human rights, this law has led to the victim being treated as the criminal in many circumstances rather than the other way round
- bring in a 3 strikes rule, that'll soon reduce most repeat offenders (3rd strike and you become a lifer...regardless of the crimes committed)
- enforce national service on all youth offenders - the only way these chavs on our streets will learn to respect others is to make them a property of the state, take their civil liberties away from them and install discipline in them whilst they also learn life skills....or maybe this should just be compulsory...!!
- with the mass unemployment out there, enlist them to do council work such as cleaning the streets and so-on....if they receive benefits, they should still earn it..!!! (this in turn should also reduce costs of local authority to get these jobs done...which in the long run should reduce countil tax too)
- i would also bring back capital punishment, that'll soon free up some space in the overcrowded prisons full of murderers and rapists...
now, some ideas of punishement that i really think would reduce crime in this country:
- if caught stealing more than once, chop of the hand that stole...they won't steal again
- if a rapist is convicted with over-whelming evidence against them...chop of their "weapon" that has done the damage - they sure won't be able to rape again!!!
- if convicted of murder (again, only with over-whelming evidence) then they should die in exactly the same way in which their victim had suffered
in the case of the article mentioned below, if that guy was to be caught, rather than send him to prison, just snap his neck and be done with that waste of space...there's no room in life for scum like that!!!
basically, i would bring in zero-tolerence, and i mean zero!!!
i may not be the most popular prime-minister, but i sure will sort out these social problems which the government just don't know how to deal with as they no longer live in the real world...!!!
now....who's gonne vote for me
whilst some of the punishments seem extreme, i still believe this would be the best way to deter from crime in the current climate that we find ourselves in...
i remember when i was younger, i was no angel but i never ever harmed anyone and was scared of the police and the punishments dealt out for committing a crime...
in today's world, people aren't scared of the consequences of their actions as they know they will only get a slap on the wrists, a suspended sentence, a 5 year sentence where you could be out after 2 years on probation, etc, etc..
this actually encourages bad behaviour...!!!
what do the forum members think, do we need harsher punishments or are we just hyping up "broken britain" and the problems are not as big as we / the media make out to be???