AtlasS33:
"chimp3 Wrote: No one has ever had the experience of serving 30,000 years in prison. That list of life sentences is for murder and child rape. Cutting off the hand is for theft , correct?
No. The U.K punishes robbery by life imprisonment:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbery
http://londoncriminalsolicitors.co.uk/theft/robbery/
The west's laws against robbery and theft are far more sever than simply cutting the hand of the robber. Throwing somebody for life (as in England) or for 25 years (as in New York) between mad inmates to rot alive, is far more worse than cutting a hand and let them go/
Also, if things were a little bit darker (like in America, 100 years ago), revolvers would be the sentence; all the time."
I am in agreement that our laws are far too severe at times especially for victimless crimes like drug use. Your reference to darker days in America points out an evolving society, one that used to punish theft with hanging and now debates the death penalty and is legalizing marijuana. You are advocating an iron aged religious doctrine which deters debate.
"chimp3 Wrote: No one has ever had the experience of serving 30,000 years in prison. That list of life sentences is for murder and child rape. Cutting off the hand is for theft , correct?
No. The U.K punishes robbery by life imprisonment:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbery
http://londoncriminalsolicitors.co.uk/theft/robbery/
The west's laws against robbery and theft are far more sever than simply cutting the hand of the robber. Throwing somebody for life (as in England) or for 25 years (as in New York) between mad inmates to rot alive, is far more worse than cutting a hand and let them go/
Also, if things were a little bit darker (like in America, 100 years ago), revolvers would be the sentence; all the time."
I am in agreement that our laws are far too severe at times especially for victimless crimes like drug use. Your reference to darker days in America points out an evolving society, one that used to punish theft with hanging and now debates the death penalty and is legalizing marijuana. You are advocating an iron aged religious doctrine which deters debate.
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