Thread: Our "Justice" System?

Originally Posted by strangy

If the convicts of old could build the rail and roads over the great dividing range with stone picks and hammers, the new breed of "gangsta" convicts will do just fine.

The operative word is "over". There were very few and short tunnels only where absolutely necessary. And even then, they used an awful lot of gunpowder. Tunnelling in the Blue Mountains, for example to eliminate the Zig-Zag, only became feasible with pneumatic drills and nitro explosives. Tunnelling in Hawkesbury Sandstone by pick and shovel is simply not feasible. And it is a lot easier than the terrain in any other capital (except possibly Perth.)

John

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

My way has a 100% success rate.... I'd break there legs and throw them down one of mineshafts up the bush. Job done. Saves the taxpayers a fortune (infact, I'm happy to do it as a free community service) it will also clean up the gene pool.

seeya,
Shane L.

Hey Shane your interfering with my work force. That would be just a waste.

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

My way has a 100% success rate.... I'd break there legs and throw them down one of mineshafts up the bush. Job done. Saves the taxpayers a fortune (infact, I'm happy to do it as a free community service) it will also clean up the gene pool.

seeya,
Shane L.

I believe that's called murder, so you'd be spending a very long time behind bars. Is it worth it for revenge?

Originally Posted by Chenz

If that is the case and the ones in jail don't rehabilitate and a large proportion of them re offend and end up back in there, why are we still spending heaps on state of the art jails with all the whiz bang fixtures and fitting when we could house them in tents and go back to the good old days of getting them out there doing jobs like rehabilitating riverbanks with a pick and shovel. That didn't work either apparently but at least we got something back for our taxpayer funds while they were in our care.

Many do rehabilitate, but it only happens if they WANT to change.
Don't confuse punishment with rehabilitation - they are different things.
We lock some people up knowing they will never rehabilitate, but society wants them put away to keep the rest of us safe.
Chain gangs usually cost more than they achieve. It's just make work. Don't pretend that is rehabilitation, it's just punishment. For example, chipping rocks didn't stop Nelson Mandela from wanting to overthrow the racist white South African state.
Sadly, it's really about human nature. Most people can be persuaded to act acceptably, but a small number are just worthless and may never want to change.

Let's not forget also that if we were to see true justice, a good many of those in Prison would be in Mental Institutions. Some in Asylums for the Criminally Insane and some in Hospitals that could cure or rehabilitate them. Putting Mentally Ill people in Prisons amounts to torture IMHO.

Some of the comments here show that Queensland is not the exclusive domain of rednecks, there are far more in the southern states.

I love a sunburnt Country.

And breaking rocks on plains.