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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Poverty is not a cause of crime, the great depression showed that.
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Are we living in the great depression? No? Are we living in a time where there are definite upper classes that are represented in major metropolitan areas? Yes?
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
A for drug related crimes, I assume you think that making drugs legal would make drug related criminals into upstanding citizens?
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You assume wrong. Legalize cannabis, sure, but end the failed "war on drugs". The system is all wrong.
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Added I have no problem with a vengeful punitive system, though I'd be all for a little public corporal punishment and humiliation compared to jail time for the non-violent, non-habitual offenders.
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Translation: I have no problem with having a criminal vengeance system.
Cynth, the point which you seemingly missed is that a vast majority of people in prison would not be considered a "lost cause" by psychologists because they don't suffer from mental illnesses that are less likely to be totally treatable, like certain cases of schizophrenia for example. These mental illnesses are exceedingly rare, even in prisons. The idea that people like this child are beyond hope of treatment is ignorant.