So what is your solution then?
How do you balance keeping society safe while allowing dangerous people more freedom? Whose interests are more important protecting?
The majority of people who have had less than stellar childhoods dont end up committing violent crime.
The idea that the purpose of prison is to make people come out changed is nonsense IMO.
Prison acts as a huge deterrent and as a vehicle of punishment.
You see my suggestion as torture but I see it as protecting society. I have little concern in the well being of people who have absolutely no regard for human life.
One of gang bangers who shot that 12 year old to death in November had been in jail before.
Lock these people up and throw away the keys...
There is no solution at present. That doesn't mean we shouldn't keep looking.
Are you suggesting non violent crime doesn't hurt? No bruises on the skin but plenty on the brain.
The thing that annoys me the most on this subject is that people on one hand say "It isn't brain surgery" suggesting that brain surgery is the ultimate challenge and then the same person says "Just get over it, I did" insinuating that all brains are created equal. They aren't.
Look at two brothers or two sisters that aren't identical twins. Do they look exactly the same?
The husky brother can take a tackle and shake it off. The thin wiry one would be limping for a week. Brains are the same.
Why would anyone think their brains are exactly the same?
I don't know
[B]油井緋色[/B] personally but he has posted indicating that a lot of programmers are wired differently. That doesn't mean they're bad. The problem emerges when someone forces another person into the wrong shaped mold.
"The idea that the purpose of prison is to make people come out changed is nonsense IMO.
Prison acts as a huge deterrent and as a vehicle of punishment."
Do you have any statistics on recidivism? Your statement implies you haven't studied the subject and TBH the subject isn't easy. There are lot of con artists and theories out there. Results are hard to judge as they can't be measured by micrometers or weigh scales.
Revenge is letting the other person live rent free in your brain.
That doesn't mean I would throw open the prison doors and let every prisoner out but if we don't give them something attainable to look forward to we might as well weld the doors shut.
Follow that course and some day, someone will object to your behavior and the door will be welded shut behind you. I've seen it happen in churches where people started playing the "I'm holier than you" game.
