Teenagers jailed

[panther]

prison is pointless, thats why they should be put down like a savage dog!!

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I would hasten to add that I did not post about criminals being given visas and one way tickets to another country - that was Blazey's idea.......the rest of the post is mine, I also take responsibility for suggesting that this was one of the most senseless ideas to date......

yep sorry margaret,dont know how i managed that,the top section of that post should not have been in.

[bullseyebarb]

Two words. Death penalty.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by bullseyebarb

Two words. Death penalty.

you,ll do for me, welcome back

[bullseyebarb]

Originally Posted by cashman

you,ll do for me, welcome back

Grazie mille. Good to know there are some on the same page as I. Now, of course, (horrors), over here things would likely have gone down a little differently. Warning to thugs. Thugs go into attack mode. Response.....bang, bang, bang. End of situation.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by cashman

you,ll do for me, welcome back

We seem to be agreeing more and more cashy, it must be me thats mellowed

[blazey]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

[Would be cheaper to get them visa's to live abroad and pay for their one way ticket. Surprised nobody has suggested that yet instead.

Which country would want these murderous yobs?....and why should some other country take our scum?.......there would be a huge uproar if we were expected to accommodate the miscreants from some other country.
Blazey, that is one of the most senseless suggestions you have made to date.[/quote]

Margaret you disappoint me, i would've thought you of all people would recognise sarcasm.

I am a law student, my future pretty much depends on criminals, why would I want to ship them to somewhere else?

Whilst 57% of prisoners do reoffend, crime rate has fallen by 25% since 1997, and violent crime has fallen by 24%.

That at least shows nearly HALF are rehabilitated, and although it doesnt say how many violent criminals are rehabilitated I'm sure some must fall into that catagory.

43% is better than zero in my opinion, thats 43% who have served the time, got out and are not sucking up nearly £40000 a year in being kept inside.

I know it is fiction, but the film Green Mile is a good example of why we shouldn't use the death penalty. All the evidence was against that man, yet viewers got to see how the evidence was still wrong, and millions cried when that man got put in the chair. People in america are wrongly sentenced to capital punishment but they have nobody to cry for them because nobody can see the truth like a film viewer can. Yet no matter how many people are wrongly put to death, there is always someone somewhere who still thinks its a good idea. Well that kind of stupidity belongs in Texas in my opinion, with the red necks.

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by blazey

Whilst 57% of prisoners do reoffend, crime rate has fallen by 25% since 1997, and violent crime has fallen by 24%.

I would suggest they change that to 'reported crime rates have fallen'. Lots of people don't report crime anymore because they know it's a waste of time.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by lancsdave

I would suggest they change that to 'reported crime rates have fallen'. Lots of people don't report crime anymore because they know it's a waste of time.

sadly that is so so true.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by blazey

Which country would want these murderous yobs?....and why should some other country take our scum?.......there would be a huge uproar if we were expected to accommodate the miscreants from some other country.
Blazey, that is one of the most senseless suggestions you have made to date.

Margaret you disappoint me, i would've thought you of all people would recognise sarcasm.[/QUOTE]she probably would have done if you had bothered to put the sarcastic smiley on the end of it, you disappoint me not having the sense to do so, but then my cynicism says it was deliberate.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Blazey don't try and pull the wool over my eyes....sarcasm, it wasn't...and now you are just trying to back pedal.
There was nothing in that post to suggest it was tongue in cheek, a skit or anything of the kind.

And I suppose the government provided you with all those wholesome statistics that you quoted...I do not believe that the figures have fallen in the way you have reported....maybe they have changed the way the figures are collected........anyway you can make stats show any damn thing you want them to, and the politicians do not want us to believe that they are doing a bad job......what was it that Tony Blair said ?'Tough on Crime.....Tough on the causes of Crime'....don't make me laugh. There are so many criminals about that they are not jailing muggers and robbers, and they are releasing pridsoners with a cash handout because the jails are too full.
And as for your career depending on criminals, I think you are pretty safe to consider that you won't be out of work soon.....there does seem to be an abundance of the criminal classes.

As far as the Film 'Green mile' is concerned, I have never seen it so cannot comment.

[lindsay ormerod]

Some time soon you lot are all going to realise that Blazey's ( if it is indeed just her) main aim in life is to wind you all up. The sooner you stop responding like Pavlov's dogs, the sooner she will get fed up and hopefully get on with her studies !