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ShortStuff · 19-10-2004, 20:21

Currently it is much easier and cheaper to live outside the law - I pay more in car insurance in a year than my car is worth. Fortunately (or unfortunately for me?) I have been brought up to have a consience and that's why I bother to pay. Just the thought of going to court is enough to deter me from breaking the law - even if it would actually work out cheaper for me.

But I can see why people don't bother when there is no deterrent. I completely agree that the punishment should fit the crime. But I don't agree that throwing everyone who has commited any crime into a small cell in a prison would be the answer. For starters, we, the law-abiding tax payer has to pay for them to be there! That brings me onto anther thing - anyone who goes to prison and has any money in the bank should have to pay their costs for being there.

19-10-2004, 20:21	#25
ShortStuff Accrington Web Mascot Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Mostly in a bubble Posts: 603 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 755	Re: Lawless Society? Currently it is much easier and cheaper to live outside the law - I pay more in car insurance in a year than my car is worth. Fortunately (or unfortunately for me?) I have been brought up to have a consience and that's why I bother to pay. Just the thought of going to court is enough to deter me from breaking the law - even if it would actually work out cheaper for me. But I can see why people don't bother when there is no deterrent. I completely agree that the punishment should fit the crime. But I don't agree that throwing everyone who has commited any crime into a small cell in a prison would be the answer. For starters, we, the law-abiding tax payer has to pay for them to be there! That brings me onto anther thing - anyone who goes to prison and has any money in the bank should have to pay their costs for being there.