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Yep. And much of the same people will in 4/5 weeks from now be cheering or crying, depending on weather their favourite Premier League team had won or lost

Most of those clubs would only have a couple of England players. And I think most of those Irish people don't want to listen to the English media going on about a tournament win, although it might make them shut up about 1966. 😄

Can't thank this enough.

Most en-suites I've seen are too small and too close to beds.

You've a strong sense of punishment. People with a strong sense of justice would equally focus on crime prevention rather than fantasising about punishing imaginary serial killers.

Right, like I said, fantasising about punishing imaginary serial killers.

I suspect whoever said you have a strong sense of justice, had a strong sense of humour. I'm not sure you got the joke though.

What's your obsession with fantasies? You were the one that honed in on the serial killer thing. I'm not talking about minor criminals who largely harm themselves more than anyone else. I'm talking about incorrigable criminals who prey on the vulnerable and commit heinous crimes over and over again with little consequence. There has to be a point where enough is enough. I could spend the next hour digging up cases where the sentences were so lenient that I question the sanity of the judge but I have better things to do and it only makes my blood boil.

Yes rehabilitation is important but its more important is protect society from scum. Unfortunately judges care more about criminals than they do about victims.

Would you volunteer to be part of such a cull or is it anyone but you?

Absolutely untrue. You're just showing your prejudice there.

OK. I presented a set of ideas which relate to harm reduction which you declined to comment on. If you were interested in reducing crime, you'd have been interested. But you're only focused on punishment AFTER the crime has been committed and AFTER the victim has been created.

That's why your mate took the p1ss out of you saying you had a strong sense of justice.

From a purely aesthetic point of view. The 1863 Confederate Navy Jack is one hell of a class looking flag.

Shame.

If there is one thing I have in abundance it's empathy. Ofcourse there needs to be a strong focus on rehabilitation (hence me saying there ought to be a scheme where one can earn there way back into good standing as a fellow citizen by being conviction free and of maintaining a good character for say 3-5 years. There's a huge problem (especially in countries like America) were felons who truly want to and make a good faith effort to go straight can't because of their convictions, this is why I suggested some sort of a scheme to seal a persons records after they have proven themselves reformed by maintaining a good character for certain period, this way potential employers won't know about their past (some crimes would be exempt from the scheme such as sex offenders and other paticularly heinous crimes as it doesn't serve the common good to allow these types to have their convictions sealed). Here's the thing, i'm not talking about what were once termed 'ordinary decent criminals', i'm talking about the scum of the Earth who have commit extremely heinous crimes over and over again and have sometimes have hundreds of convictions yet get extremely lenient sentences over and over again. I remember reading about an animal who raped his daughter for over 13 years and he got about 18 months, is this what you advocate? I advocate appropriate sentencing. One more thing life should mean an entire natural life sentence, if a judge doesn't think that's appropriate he can give a more appropriate sentence. Heinous crimes deserve harsh sentence, do you not agree?