16th October 2003, 9:22 AM
Quote:Originally posted by A Black Falcon
Hey... what I meant was 'that's the only issue where we're within miles of eachother' not 'we agree completely'... :)
Forced labor? I don't know... the question is, would it accomplish something, or is it just for punishment?
Public works projects. It's too bad there isn't much market for hard labor that wouldn't take jobs away. Of course, there's nothing wrong with hard labor as mere punishment, either. If a person is to be incarcerated at my expense, I'd prefer they were doing something other than sitting around watching TV or playing basketball. What sort of punishment is that? And it's not as though the prisoners themselves have anything more constructive to do anyway.
Reintroduce the chain gang, I say. Hard labor every day until your last will definitely scare a few people straight.
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