Time for the Plastic Bullets?

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  • walkingbootweather
    walkingbootweather Posts: 2,443
    rjsterry wrote:
    Fair enough. I completely agree that society and the offenders need to receive appropriate punishment, and in some cases that should definitely mean prison, particularly those who burnt out the Carpet Right store in Tottenham, and Reeves in Croydon (to give a couple of examples). The piece was posted more in reaction to the more vivd revenge fantasists who were posting earlier.

    Glad we agree. So now can we cut their goolies off?
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,381
    walkingbootweather wrote:
    rjsterry wrote:
    Fair enough. I completely agree that society and the offenders need to receive appropriate punishment, and in some cases that should definitely mean prison, particularly those who burnt out the Carpet Right store in Tottenham, and Reeves in Croydon (to give a couple of examples). The piece was posted more in reaction to the more vivd revenge fantasists who were posting earlier.

    Glad we agree. So now can we cut their goolies off?
    :lol:
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  • notsoblue
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    walkingbootweather wrote:
    Forgive me if I retain sympathies for innocent victims who's lives may be ruined by criminal behaviour. A justice system needs to balance the desire to rehabilitate the perpetrator with wider society’s need to see appropriate punishment. It may well be that restorative justice yields the best results, in which case I’m all for it - just please don't patronise me about it.

    Fair enough! It was a bit odd to put that hyperlink in there...
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  • walkingbootweather
    walkingbootweather Posts: 2,443
    Sometimes the Guardian can be satirical and amusing without patronising
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  • keyser__soze
    keyser__soze Posts: 2,067
    Time for everyone to take the law into their own hands and crack open the...

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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,381
    Ole Kirk Christiansen must be spinning in his grave.

    I was wondering whether ITBs posts on a couple of threads yesterday would make a good riot control tactic. A couple of really big projectors and some saucy pics...
    A rioter wrote:
    Let's go and turn Currys over! F*** da poli... ...Phwoar! <drops flat screen telly on foot>
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