[ response for the benefit of anyone else reading the thread ]

Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Tim Fenton
gently breathed:
"Pyromancer" wrote in message
roups.com...

When we
execute a serial rapist

We don't execute.

That's the problem. We let them out to re-offend, again and again, and
each time some other innocent victim's life is ruined, often forever.

What you suggest - andI have to assume that this isn't a troll - is much
worse. Fortunately, not even Rupert Murdoch can persuade any UK
government
down the road you so ludicrously propose.

What's so "ludicrous" about it? Less people in prison, a more
realistic and productive approach to fine defaulters, permanent removal
of the most extreme and violent from society only after they have
comitted several extreme offences, and punishments for lesser offences
that will be regarded by the majority of the population as more fitting
the crimes. You clearly don't like the idea, but you've not put
forward any coherent reasons for not liking it.

Brutalising society. Lowering ourselves to the level of the criminal. Above
all, not solving the underlying problems - which is by far the worst aspect.

The underlying problem is that a proportion of the human race is
naturally evil. Most people aren't, but some are, and it's not
something that can be identified, or screened for, or prevented. It's
not affected by race, or gender, or sexuality, or parenting, or
genetics, or anything like that. There simply are people who in their
own minds don't think there's anything wrong with maiming, raping or
killing, taking what they want by force, ruling all around themselves by
fear.

As long as that remains the case, there will continue to be crime,
sometimes horrific crime.

In the meantime, as I have better things to do with my time, you can join
the august band in my killfile.

The last retort of the playground politician

Who's sinking to insults? Who's changing his email address in a desperate
attempt to carry on his lame tirade?

Ever heard of using different accounts at work and at home? Google
doesn't give you a choice, once you sign up for a Gmail account, that is
your address for posting from Google.

So much
for debate.

Indeed - your amended email address has also gone in the killfile. Plenty of
room there yet.

I must admit I'm really rather touched by this. I do believe that in
eleven years of posting to Usenet this is possibly the first time I've
ever been killfiled (certainly on uk.r) - and for what offence? Not
trolling, not crossposting garbage to 20 groups, not spamming, not any
of the 101 other things trolls and their kind do, but rather for calling
for an alternative approach to criminal justice which actually punishes
wrongdoing.

Weird!

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