Has Nova Scotia lost it's collective mind?

..and now I have more time..on the gist of your main argument of your last post.. it begs the question..is one who has completed his or her sentence never to be entirely forgiven their sins? For what you suggest is that those who have been convicted of committing serious offences for the rest of their lives will never be allowed to live anything remotely like a normal life.. what you are saying is that they have a de facto life sentence.. fine if that is what u are saying.. then change the law to make that explicitly clear.. as it happens I have some sympathy with the argument but have not yet reached a conclusion as to whether or not it will be of benefit to the wider community.. I see drawbacks.. I see lynch mobs.. I see rehabilitated people hunted and never allowed to rest.. the hoo hah over Jamie Bulger in the UK at present shows that a very likely possibility..

I do not want the guilty to escape unpunished.. but I do want a society which can work to rehabilitate even the most heinous offender, for many can be and are rehabilitated... and contribute to society in a constructive and decent manner.. of course some, indeed many re-offend, but many do not..and they should be allowed to live their lives without living under the cloud of perpetual purgatory from society.. they already live it in their own minds...

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Originally Posted by darkeyes

..and now I have more time..on the gist of your main argument of your last post.. it begs the question..is one who has completed his or her sentence never to be entirely forgiven their sins? For what you suggest is that those who have been convicted of committing serious offences for the rest of their lives will never be allowed to live anything remotely like a normal life.. what you are saying is that they have a de facto life sentence.. fine if that is what u are saying.. then change the law to make that explicitly clear.. as it happens I have some sympathy with the argument but have not yet reached a conclusion as to whether or not it will be of benefit to the wider community.. I see drawbacks.. I see lynch mobs.. I see rehabilitated people hunted and never allowed to rest.. the hoo hah over Jamie Bulger in the UK at present shows that a very likely possibility..

I do not want the guilty to escape unpunished.. but I do want a society which can work to rehabilitate even the most heinous offender, for many can be and are rehabilitated... and contribute to society in a constructive and decent manner.. of course some, indeed many re-offend, but many do not..and they should be allowed to live their lives without living under the cloud of perpetual purgatory from society.. they already live it in their own minds...

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'Fer Chrissake! Why is it that all of a sudden a man who wants to keep his family and those close to him safe is the bad guy! Geezus, from reading some of the replies there are alot of folks who would forsake the rights of the innocent and children so that we can have legal systems that allow the guilty to go free. Why the hell do you think these slimebag lawyers look for the loop holes in the first place, so they can get the client set free. These guys know some of theses suspects are guilty, but if they go to the "big house" for life they (the lawyer) may not get paid. I never once said I was against fair trial and all that, let's just ensure that fair is fair, for ALL involved, that includes victims. There is absoulutely nothing wrong with wanting people to be safe, and wanting the guilty to serve the right amount of time for his/her crime. That's all I'm saying, innocent people have rights to!

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I never once said I was against fair trial and all that, let's just ensure that fair is fair, for ALL involved, that includes victims. There is absoulutely nothing wrong with wanting people to be safe, and wanting the guilty to serve the right amount of time for his/her crime. That's all I'm saying, innocent people have rights to!

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Then we agree...:)

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Originally Posted by darkeyes

Then we agree...:)

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Not totally, there's still the matter of feeding the rapists nuts to him! lol:bigrin:

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Originally Posted by rdy2go

Not totally, there's still the matter of feeding the rapists nuts to him! lol:bigrin:

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*laffs and shakes head despondently givin rdy up as lost cause*:tong: