Posted by KaraS on July 5, 2005, at 10:58:50 [reposted on July 5, 2005, at 21:46:09 | original URL]
In reply to Re: blocked for 6 weeks - WHAT?!?!?!?!?!? » KaraS, posted by thuso on July 4, 2005, at 0:16:08
> > We don't give those who commit a petty theft the same amount of punishment that we give a murderer but that's exactly what the current system does here.
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> Actually, there are some instances where that happens. Look at CA and their 3 strikes rule. If a criminal already has 2 strikes against them, and if they get caught just shoplifting then that is their 3rd strike and gets them 50 years to life in prison...for shoplifting! There are a number of cases in CA where that has actually happened.
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> And if I'm reading his blocked thread correctly, the reason Toph got 6 weeks was because it is a repeat offense and so the time doubled from his last block. I'm still learning about the whole block system, so I could have that wrong. I just wanted to point out that in our criminal justice system there are plenty of instances where the punishment does not fit the crime.
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>Yes, it does sometimes happen in our judicial system (though it's the exception rather than the rule) and IMHO it is wrong then too. Because it happens in real life doesn't make it just. Two wrongs don't make a right.
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