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Ideal Crime Penalties
Rapists should have their genitals removed
Peadophiles should have their faces branded and their genitals removed
People who feel strongly about such issues should really learn how to spell "Paedophiles"
Thieves should have one finger removed for every offence
Wife beaters should be publicly flayed by said wife then relieved of all possesions
Muggers should have their fingernails pulled out with pliers
Underage drinkers should wake up to themselves
The death penalty should be replaced with hours of torture resulting in permanent disfigurement.
(Ben's dad put forward a very true response to this last proposition-if a person is tortured enough they will only become angrier and cause more damage. So I have a new and better replacement for the death penalty-the offenders arms should be removed. See? No loss. How much damage can a man with no arms do?)
My aim is not to cause pain to present offenders, but to reinforce more strongly that crime begats consequence-a man is less likely to steal if he knows that he will lose his finger. And a man is less likely to rape and kill with the thought of slithering through the rest of his wasted life unable to wipe his own ass or tie a shoelace. Then again I am probably wrong. Humans have a skill for becoming de-sensitised over time, of getting used to atrocities(this is how corrupt politicians work society-they know exactly how our simple minds work over their ridiculous descisions-then forget them over time). If these laws of punishment were passed people would very soon accept them. Soon, a man with a branded face would be no rare sight.