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Shape D.:

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--- Quote from: DrewKaree on September 12, 2005, 01:22:02 am ---I AM in favor of high-rise prisons, as the idiots who seem to design them in my area can't come up with anything that doesn't swallow up a thousand acres on which is planted, at best, a 3 story building.  2 stories if it's a large facility.  Go underground as well.  Might as well save on heating and cooling bills and use the earth to save us money there.

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Theres ways around it, Like 3 emergency waterslide exits on every level.

Can't be done, Drew.  It's not possible to evacuate a 9 story prison in the case of a fire or similar emergency.  Not with any type of order or without rioting.  It's ironic, really, that we have to protect the prisoners from themselves, but there we are.

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Bones:

--- Quote from: duffjr on September 12, 2005, 06:51:57 am ---Ok, so even if the baby's life was saved, the man still deserves death under the law?
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NoOne=NBA=:
The few things I would add to that are:

1) There are ZERO repeat offenders under that program.

2) If we are not housing the murderers, rapists, etc... we can use the existing funds/space to lock up people that may be rehabilitated (drug dealers, armed robbers, etc...) after they serve a decent sentence.
If someone actually gets 15 years for auto theft, they will definitely think twice before doing it again.
Further, their buddy (who sees them get 15 years) will definitely think about the future of his chosen line of work.

3) Why is it that the people screaming loudest for "tolerance" of their chosen lifestyle are the LEAST tolerant of the views of others?
markrvp:
He stabbed a baby, F  Him!
shmokes:
It ain't just a matter of what a person deserves.  The government's job isn't to make sure everybody gets what they deserve.  Maybe Paul Giamatti and Jim Carrey deserve Oscars.  I wouldn't even think twice about a bystander putting that guy out of your misery.  Of course, this kind of behavior can't be officially sanctioned, but I wouldn't put the feer of god in me. 

I'm just not about to say to my government, "In extreme cases you can put me to death.  Oh, by the way, you get to define extreme.  Oh yeah, and the chances of my being put to death will vary directly with my personal wealth as well as the shade of my skin."

It's just too simplistic to say, "A guy who kills babies is evil.  He deserves to die."  It's like saying, "Cake is good.  You should eat it."  When there are other considerations.  Maybe you're a lard ass.  Maybe you're diabetic.  Maybe one in five cakes has lots of arsenic in it.

The guy DOES deserve to die, but the effects/consequences of giving your government the right to kill it's citizens at its pleasure don't end with his breath. 
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