tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post8591811777889017754..comments2023-06-14T08:24:18.553-04:00Comments on The Feminist Underground: Child Rape Does Not = Deathhabladorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01730183259272125337noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-18021561699430620072008-06-30T16:10:00.000-04:002008-06-30T16:10:00.000-04:00From daedalus2u: The "war on drugs" is a complete...From daedalus2u: The "war on drugs" is a complete failure. It is actually worse than a failure, it is taking non-violent drug users putting them in prison where they learn how to become violent offenders.<BR/><BR/>How very true. And, in addition to the unintended effect of creating a more violent individual, the current war on drugs creates a prison system that cannot handle those who truly Mächtige Maushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01219533750806088376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-38783255367405357342008-06-29T12:49:00.000-04:002008-06-29T12:49:00.000-04:00Make the focus on prevention and healing the victi...Make the focus on prevention and healing the victim and not on retribution. <BR/><BR/>The problem with our "justice" system is that the whole concept of it is deterrence. Deterring individuals from committing a crime because bad stuff will happen to them if they are caught. Deterrence doesn't work for some crimes. How is fear of going to prison supposed to deter someone addicted who is daedalus2uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10416564922288784455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-86346850350716786072008-06-28T17:47:00.000-04:002008-06-28T17:47:00.000-04:00Oops...sorry for the brief disappearing act, daeda...Oops...sorry for the brief disappearing act, daedalus2u. LaPH threw down the statistics challenge so I was forced to edit the initial post. It's a wee bit funny that I decided to do so right as you were about to comment. I just posted your extended version so no double post for you. :)<BR/><BR/>It is true that the system does give the majority of the focus to the perpetrator. I'm not sure Mächtige Maushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01219533750806088376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-56474734570099884612008-06-28T16:19:00.000-04:002008-06-28T16:19:00.000-04:00I noticed that this post was missing just when I w...I noticed that this post was missing just when I was about to post a comment, so I posted a comment at the earlier post on the same subject. I will post it again here but I will add some more because I feel like a spammer just posting something identical, and I am slightly older and wiser now ;) <BR/><BR/>I finally realized why I find this so objectionable. It is all about the perpetrator, daedalus2uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10416564922288784455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-61840364740446675262008-06-28T15:00:00.000-04:002008-06-28T15:00:00.000-04:00Statistics? What...you want me to provide somethi...Statistics? What...you want me to provide something like research and sound reasoning? You think I am some sort of scientist or something? Oh, wait...<BR/><BR/>Well, I'll see what I can do to track down some numbers, but I make no promises.Mächtige Maushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01219533750806088376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-61489372263332405762008-06-27T22:47:00.000-04:002008-06-27T22:47:00.000-04:00I am also skeptical about the 'wage garnishment' i...I am also skeptical about the 'wage garnishment' idea for those convicted of rape. For any sentence we might deem appropriate, there are three possible goals:<BR/>1. to remove a dangerous individual from society<BR/>2. to create a threat of punishment that could serve as a deterrent<BR/>3. to provide a chance to reform individuals<BR/>Garnishing wages would not fulfill the first goal of removing habladorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01730183259272125337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-63242116237754946342008-06-27T22:01:00.000-04:002008-06-27T22:01:00.000-04:00This is a very difficult issue, and I certainly un...This is a very difficult issue, and I certainly understand where Obama -and others who support the death penalty in cases such as these- is coming from. Can you point us to any statistics that compare crime rates in countries with and without the death penalty, or that shed any light on whether or not the death penalty serves as a deterrent?habladorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01730183259272125337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-66684333562220773242008-06-27T15:42:00.000-04:002008-06-27T15:42:00.000-04:00Woot! Score one for reason!I say insted of this r...Woot! Score one for reason!<BR/><BR/>I say insted of this revenge-mindedness people seem to have, we should see how the accused could atone for their crimes. I think perhaps a small lifelong wage garnisment would do the trick, with the funding generated going to organizations who help victems of sexual crimes. This plan would be very difficult to carry out if the convict was killed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com