Re: OT - I may be in the minority

Eliyahu wrote:

That's called "specific deterrence" (as opposed to the general
deterrence you've advocated earlier). Since we do virtually nothing in
the way of rehabilitative programming in our jails and prisons, it
generally translates into doing a life sentence in installments. I
suppose we could eliminate recidivism by following the North Korean
model and imposing life sentences and/or death penalties for just about
all crimes. It's made NK a relatively crime-free country where the
only thing the people have to fear is the State.

OTOH, Singapore has relatively strict laws and, more importantly, they enforce laws rigidly, and they are crime-free and people generally don't fear the government. The general attitude over there is that they accept the limitations because they see where it has taken them from a backward, crime-ridden, third-world country to a clean, safe, modern country with a good economic base.


It would also fit
perfectly with the current Christian doctrine of "no forgiveness, no
redemption, and punish as hard as possible." By coincidence, that's
also the Islamic philosophy... strict justice without mercy.


Current Christian doctrine? Uh, I don't think so. At least, I have never, EVER heard of anything like that trying to masquerade as a Christian doctrine.
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