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[Get Real!]

How come you never use paragraphs Cymart?

[lioness 2]

I was going to come onto the question of social problems,prisons and reform etc etc but you did it for me.
I seem to have upset this lady and think she may be of Turkish Cypriot origin as I used to know quite a few from the area where she comes from in the old days...but that is not important, as I have close freinds from both Cypriot communities anyway-what is worrying is that she still cannot see beyond the gut instinct of revenge which is a very bad base on which to run any society as bad only breeds bad....it is not her right or destination in this life to decide how these culprits should be punished.
I am not going to get into a debate about re-incarnation and karma etc. here as it is going off the main subject and very deep,especially if people do not at least have an open mind about it.Ask any Hindu or Buddhist or some of the many enlightened people who believe in it such as the famous American psychiatrist Brian Weiss whose website can be visited by anyone who is interested.Perhaps this lady and other persons who support her ideas would like to do so and then reflect quietly on what he has to say before continuing this debate...

Sorry my dear I'm not a Turkish Cypriot. I was born in South London to cockney parents and no you have not upset me.

[cyprusgrump]

To say I would open the doors of the prisons is ridiculous. I said quite clearly that these individuals must serve their sentences. However, if society wants to reduce the incidence of child abuse and murder then it must investigate the causes, and take action. Deterrence alone, by threat of execution, will not solve these problems.

But if these individuals don't know right from wrong as you claim why do you support punishing them by imposing prison sentences?

[Talisker]

For Lioness 2 and Cyprusgrump:

Just watched the classic 1957 film 'Twelve angry men' starring Henry Fonda. Has some interesting parallels with our exchanges last weekend within this thread. Worth watching if you haven't seen it.