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   From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 06/23/2014 06:35 AM, Dhu on Gate wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 21 Jun 2014 21:34:24 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:   
   >   
   >>> 'This was not a race. This was not a person who took a chance   
   >>> and drove drunk. This is not about someone who was speeding and   
   >>> took a risky maneuver.'   
   >>   
   >> This is about criminal stupidity.  People this stupid should not be   
   >> allowed to live in society.   
   >   
   > Seems to me that most of the people we have in gaol fall into similar   
   > categories, either by defective hardware or educational deprivation.   
      
   You can have a rotten education and still be smart or a good education   
   and be stupid.  We probably don't hear much about the smart criminals.   
      
   > Which is what bothers me about the "punitive" nature of incarceration:   
   > it's worthless to all and impairs our ability to restrict the damage   
   > done by idiots.   
      
   Some people alter their behavior because of punishment;  others do not.   
     For some levels of stupidity segregation is really the only answer.   
   Don't hurt them, just put them somewhere where they can't hurt anybody   
   else.  This includes the people who used to be locked up for their own   
   safety and the safety of others and who seem to now be the bulk of the   
   homeless population.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Bev   
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        Will give investment advice for food.   
      
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