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Driver humiliated by Texas judge
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Sun, 19 Sep 2004 19:38:41 GMT
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I don't normally start topics in o-t.d, but seeing that this article caught my
interest I thought I would. Plus, it may divert attention away from other
discussions.
Driver humiliated by Texas judge:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3670578.stm
My thoughts? If this becomes common practice and it will effectively decrease
the incidents of reckless driving (a growing problem, from my observations), I'm
all for it. This in the same vein to punishing shoplifters by making them stand
on streetcorners wearing signs that tell passersby what offense(s) they've
committed. Not only does it humiliate the offender, it serves as a warning to
all who encounter them not to commit a similar crime lest that become their fate
also.
-Tim
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Message has 4 Replies:
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| (...) "The parents of Rachel Blasingame, the victim, praised the unusual sentence." Unusual. I think they summed up why I doubt this will not be carried out. Let's mock people in stocks! How about a scarlet letter? Maybe a tattoo on the forehead so (...) (20 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Neat, welcome ot .o-t.d, Tim :-) (...) That's a pretty big "if." There are three parts of this issues that seem noteworthy to me. First, modern disciplinary thought (well, not all of it, but the good stuff) suggests that punishment supplants the (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Driver humiliated by Texas judge
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| If this guy was genuinely remorseful, I expect this would work. However, if he were a recidivist, it would just embitter him further. “Cruel and unusual” punishment is normally a bad idea. I expect habitual drink drivers will not let this story (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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