Typical liberal garbage. Liberals really don’t want anyone to go to prison, or be punished, because liberals don’t judge. Liberals are tolerant. Criminals aren’r really responsible. Society did it to them.
” Criminals can then also visit friends or a mosque for two hours a day “
Interesting ‘freudian slip’ here..... Implication is that the typical Dutch ‘criminal’ will attend a mosque???
Hmmmmmmmm.........
ARE THEY BARKIN NUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, what a great idea. Why don't they just rename the place Hollandistan now, because they're only a few inches away from becoming what is functionally a Sharia state.
Maybe if they had to stay at home with a wife like hillary or Rosie O’Donnell this would be punishment.
Are they nuts over there? So you go and commit a crime, get to stay at home, and collect government welfare? When your jail sentance has run out, go and commit another crime and start this endless cycle all over?
Wow! Harsh! Next thing you know, the judge will take away the perps extended cable privileges and sentence them to basic cable.
For instance, imprisonment for non-violent property crimes (theft, fraud). It doesn't bring back the stolen property, and the thief sits on his backside in the most complete public housing, feeding, education, medical care and retirement program in the world.
In the ever-popular "make me dictator for a day" fantasy world, I would make non-violent property crimes punishable by double restitution: the thief returns what was stolen, twice.
Someone steals a ten-dollar bill, must restore $20.
A car thief would return the car, pay for any damage done and cleaning needed, and additionally the monetary value of the car. If the car was destroyed or irretrievably lost, the monetary restitution would be double the value of the car. If the car was later recovered, it would become the property and responsibility of the thief.
A fraudulent banker would actually keep his job while donating his assets and income above a subsistence level to restitution until the fraudulent takings were restored twice over.
Of course there are a lot of obstacles to doing this, but I think it still adds up to benefit...
Church time, gotta run, enjoy your day.
God=God...Caesar=Caesar
Later read/pingout.
Mercy to the cruel is cruelty to the innocent.
I can imagine people committing crimes just so they can laze around at home getting welfare and still getting 2 hours a day to visit friends and the local mosque.
Watch crime plummit with this severe punishment!/not...
Just institute public canings. Cheaper, quicker, and much more effective.
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I’m moving my operations to the Netherlands and they will be my b*tch.
The US has 4 times the murder rate as Netherlands - why?
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita