: : At least criminals in prison don't prey upon the wider society while they are in the joint.: No, they prey on each other, and not all are necessarilly brutal animals, etc. as painted (many, many people go to prison for non payment of fines (I have the figures ofor the UK someplace), or remand.
Don: Here in the US, most people in prison are there as a result of the drug war. Most of these a non-violent, and they shouldn't be there. But serious offenders should be in prison, and I don't care if they prey on each other . . .
: : Serious criminals like first degree murderers should be executed--they won't cause ANY problems after that.
: Why should they be executed? What earthly good does it do- it can't be done humanely (the trade off between due process and swift execution is impossible to make), what if you're wrong? And why in the first place, save popitiating dark Gods or some tribal imballance.
Don: If there is doubt, they shouldn't be exacuted. In most cases, there isn't any doubt. I don't care if it is humane or not. Murders who are exacuted will never prey upon society again. They will never escape, or get parole, or kill guards.
: : And the war on gun ownership makes even less sense.
: Makes good sense to me, Guns are pointless, in the extreme.
Don: Guns are the best thing an individual can have, for defending life and liberty. It has never been shown that gun control reduces crime, however, making it easier for citizens to carry firearms has reduced crime in the US. This has been shown in a study done by Lott and Mustard.
: : But I'm all for locking up people who commit violent assaults, armed robberies, rape, and murder, and locking them up good. And the worst of them should be hung.
: How remarkably humane of you, I thought americans preferrred brutal death apparati- like the electric chair, which malfunctioned this week, buggering up some poor bastards execution, and leaving his seared flesh stuck to the chair.
Don: See, if they used the rope, they wouldn't have had to spend my tax dollers cleaning up that mess . . .
