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Originally posted by tezzajw
You realise that you didn't read the article though, right? Deny ignorance and put her 'crime' into perspective. It was a black texta. Probably a crime of opportunity, who knows. She might have been a uni student and had one in her bag. Having a can of spray paint might suggest something more premeditated.
So, yes. It does matter what she was using.
Originally posted by tezzajw
When I was 18 I wasnt going around writting on walls my friend. I was doing things to better my life since at that time I just turned into an adult and knew the responsibilities that came with the glory of becoming an adult.
Can you please direct me to the switch in a person's head that flicks on when they are 18 and tells them that they are now 'grown up'?
Originally posted by tezzajw
Humans don't work like that. She made a mistake. It's a minor mistake. No doubt embarrassing to her and it's easily fixed with common sense.
Originally posted by tezzajw
So please..spare me the "deprive her freedom" bull.... because that dont wash and 3 months is nothing. Even 1 month is nothing with 2 months probation. And being free doesnt mean being responsible free.
How is it bull when she's being locked in prison for three months for writing her name on a wall? How is that not depriving her of her freedom?
Get real.
Sadly, I'm probably one of the few in this thread who is being real.
Originally posted by RFBurns
Human beings only work depending on how they were raised. Either you have been reading too much psyco babble psycology nonsense or you were allowed to just do as you pleased when growing up.
Originally posted by BorgHoffen
Excuse me but its a kid, drawing on a brick wall, that already had graffiti on it in the first place!
Are you completely mentally insane or what?
Originally posted by RFBurns
And so what if the wall already had writting on it...does that mean that anyone is free to just add more writting because there is writting on it already?
That is like saying well because there are people out there who kidnap children and rape them and kill them and rob banks and steal cars that its ok for others to continue to do those same things because those crimes exsist already.
Are you completely insane or what?
No wonder our society is so screwed up.
Originally posted by tezzajw
Just let me know, when one of your children or other family friend's child makes a mistake, ok? I'll be interested to see the consequences and how much all of you will fight the unfair jail sentence, despite their remorse, guilt and maturity in the realisation of what they did.
Originally posted by The Bald Champion
Why expose her to the big time if a lesser punishment could be as beneficial?
Originally posted by tezzajw
Originally posted by alyosha1981
Good for them! I think if judges were this harsh on kids convicted of their first crimes, they'd think twice befire re offending.
You do realise that almost every teen would end up in jail right?
Originally posted by RFBurns
She did absolutely NOTHING. Thats right, nothing. She said let the little thief learn his lesson. Her son spent 2 weeks in the county jail and 2 weeks community service...
Satisifed?
Originally posted by alyosha1981
I believe that especially young people should be put on the "straight and narrow" because unlike the murders and rapists in prison, they have a chance in life.
If I owned a business and found someone tagging on my walls I'd press for a harsh punishment. Who wants to spend all that money cleaning up grafiti from their property? I for onethink it's shameful and don't like to see it.
Originally posted by tezzajw
Originally posted by RFBurns
She did absolutely NOTHING. Thats right, nothing. She said let the little thief learn his lesson. Her son spent 2 weeks in the county jail and 2 weeks community service...
Satisifed?
Yeah, I'm satisfied. I can see where you're coming from now.
It helps to understand the mindset that some people have and the skewed ways in which their values work. Thanks for that. By the way, why didn't he spend three months in jail? Stealing a CD is a comparable crime to writing a name on a wall in the eyes of the New World Order Police State, right? Two weeks, he got off lightly, huh?
She gets three months in jail for writing her name on a wall. I think that the judge should get three months for writing his signature on the court papers. His graffitti against logic and common sense was far worse than her name tag. He should spend three months inside a jail to see what he's going to do to her and others like her. Ivory towers will not protect the elite forever.
Originally posted by RFBurns
Anyway..this has been nice but obviously you people are way too pollictically correct
Heaven forbid it doesnt go any further than where it is now, or this world will really be mucked up.