Re: I am Sick of Feral Scumbags Roaming the Streets Killing at Will

Westprog wrote:

What bothers me about this one is not so much the random violence -
something that has been around for a while now - it's the fact that they
expect to get away with killing two people in public, in front of many
witnesses. And they probably will. And the fact that they can kill at will
without consequence will nail down their rule in Drimnagh.

FWIU, the perps were teenagers. Some folks may offer that you don't have a death penalty as a deterrent. Ironically, with people like these, it isn't a deterrent. The social scientists will claim that they acted this way because they were brought up poor or under hard circumstances, so society is to blame. While some will cry for their heads, others will be sure that, because of their age, surely they can be rehabilitated. That will only work in a very few cases. In the end, the justice system will only be able to mete out whatever penalties are written in the book. I see many similarities between these problems and those of the late thread on driving woes. The politicians aren't willing to seek change, so ultimately if change is needed, the citizens will have to demand and empower it...
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