tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post6176830761529784033..comments2024-03-28T09:43:20.058-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: A failure looking for a place to happen . . .Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-61548685608499248622008-01-24T15:38:00.000-06:002008-01-24T15:38:00.000-06:00Roger, it's not so much the proportion of the popu...Roger, it's not so much the proportion of the population that needs to be locked up. It's the fact that you and I, upstanding citizens, are required to have our possessions remain at risk of theft rather than lock up some teenage doofus who might steal them.<BR/><BR/>If there's a more effective way than jail time to stop someone stealing, I'd be very glad to support it. Regrettably, there isn't.<BR/><BR/>All I can say is, if my transport were deliberately held hostage to a politically-correct juvenile justice system which expected me to allow my vehicle to be stolen rather than punish hardened perpetrators . . . I'd be doing something about it.<BR/><BR/>As for the cold in Winnipeg, Anon., I hear you - but as you say, it's warmer in jail. Heck, if they're cold when arrested why not make them run all the way to the jailhouse? That'll warm 'em up!Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-36506317942182006212008-01-24T10:13:00.000-06:002008-01-24T10:13:00.000-06:00"Too cold? Really?My heart bleeds for the little b..."Too cold? Really?<BR/><BR/>My heart bleeds for the little buggers."<BR/><BR/>What I am about to say does not change the fact the system is messed up and these people are idiots and criminals:<BR/><BR/>Winnipeg in winter can reach -40 (celcius and farenheit are the same at this temp.) or colder. Body parts freeze at that temp. Inside a stolen car is only -10 and has no windchill.<BR/><BR/>Still, it is much warmer in jail - atleast 20 degrees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-61827180368736390002008-01-24T05:07:00.000-06:002008-01-24T05:07:00.000-06:00No one, outside of the USA, wants to spend (their)...No one, outside of the USA, wants to spend (their) money locking MORE people up.<BR/><BR/>Is this sensible? I don't know. I wish someone would answer the question - what additional proportion of the population would need to be locked up before their peers decided that they need to change their behavior?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com