On Sun, 3 Sep 2006 00:27:55 +0100, Pyromancer wrote in
, seen in uk.railway:

[...]
If those caught doing anti-social things were quickly and painfully
punished, *and* if detection rates were improved so that said thugs knew
they would eventually get caught and dealt with (this being the
difficult and expensive bit that most Daily Wail types forget about),
then I believe we would see a change.

You don't need the pain. You just need to catch the buggers and punish
them - embarrassing the Hell out of them by splashing them all over
the paper the first time they're caught and convicted at an when they
are legally responsible will work.

Most of the problem nowadays is that people know they stand very
little chance of being caught, not the effectiveness of any punishment
when they do get prosecuted.


In any case, with the sort of anti-social hardcases you're thinking
of, the scars from the physical punishment would merely be worn as a
badge of honour. Not quite the effect you intend, methinks.
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