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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Eric, I understand that you tried to point out that the old ways do not work.....but that is because the old ways are not employed anymore.
What I was trying to point out was that the youths who are responsible for these crimes(sometimes in the homes of their victims....where you should be able to feel safe) do not respond to the lenient treatment either......and that it seems that the rights of the criminals outweigh those of the victims.
Criminals should lose their rights as soon as they commit an offence.
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The old ways never worked ... employ them again, and they still won't work ... This is how the argument seems to go: being lenient doesn't work; let's be harsh. Doesn't make sense to replace something that doesn't work with something that doesn't work. (I had a mechanic who worked on those principles
). And while we are wasting time and energy trying to make the unworkable work, the problems get worse. You can be as harsh as you want, as harsh as the Germans at Lidice; or as harsh as the British were when faced with Gandhi; even to the ultimate degree, (the one that is adopted with religious relish by the good folks in Oaklahoma and Texas) ... but it won't work, other than as a very temporary band aid.
Anyhow ... we have a real nice day happening; so I'm off to enjoy it.
