Quote:
Originally Posted by jaysay
The problem is we have to put up with the Guardian reading human rights brigade Wynonie, which is a pain in itself. I have often said that the current law books should be piled high on the green out side parliament and put to the torch, and replaced by new laws tailored for the 21st century not the middle ages. We may not like a lot the Yanks do but in a lot of cases they get their sentencing right, if a criminal gets life in the states,it means life. I often laugh at sentences give here, when they say somebody is given a life sentence and must serve a minimum of 18 years, so why call it life, when it quite obviously isn't. I also think that the word concurrently be deleted from the law books, if you commit 4 crimes and get six months on each count, to me you get 2 years end of
|
The "criminals are poor, misunderstood victims of society" brigade are only a problem because governments make them a problem. If the next government (of whichever political stripe) adopted a draconian crackdown on lawbreakers, I guarantee they would receive huge public support and the bleeding heart liberals would be swept aside!