Originally Posted by
ruben_sosa
it was a terrible thing to happen to a hardworking fella. the problem is that these gurriers have no stake in society, therefore nothing to protect/lose like a job or a reputation. They don't seem to have any fear, because jail would probably be better than the homes some of them have come from. I don't think politicians have accepted that there's now an underclass out there who are completely dysfunctional, violent and self-destructive and the easiest way to deal with them is to ignore them and pay out their dole each week without asking questions. Baby P, Shannon Mathews, the two Polish lads who were murdered last year - it's all the same problem, a society where punishment is seen as infringing on human rights and the responsibility of parents has been replaced by that of social workers. I'd describe myself as a liberal but when it comes to criminal justice i think liberalism has created this mess. What exactly is wrong with inflicting physical punishment on people who commit serious crime? it can't be any less effective in dealing with it than herding them into expensive revolving door prisons with tv's and three meals a day and then letting them out years before they're due out. I can see the argument that in america jails are tougher and for that reason criminals will be more likely to shoot a cop than go back to jail... but the problem is that politicians aren't trying different approaches to see what works better, they're just throwing money at a failed system.
