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2006-08-07 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by mcsegeeek1 2006-08-07 14:25|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I suspect the wave of the future will be what I call the "Singapore solution". In Singapore, they give out fines for every damn thing. Every impropriety, every nuisance, every annoyance. They only put you in jail for something dangerous or serious.

Not just typical offenses, either. Just being rude and impolite will get you fined. Spitting on the sidewalk, leaving gum where you shouldn't, urinating in elevators (strangely popular there), shoplifting, graffitti, disorderly conduct, panhandling, etc., etc., etc.

This is far more cost effective than putting people in jail for any time less than six months.

And even if you can't pay, you can work until your fine is paid off.

Every cop carries a ticket book and issues citations like there is no tomorrow. It forces everyone to be polite, or else.

If you think about it, it makes sense in the modern world. Jails are for people who can't control themselves, but aren't really awful; not for the pestiferous, who today just get away with it.

Plus, if you issue enough fines, it actually pays for the jails and prisons.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-08-07 16:51|| 2006-08-07 16:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Ok, fine.

You don't want to wear that seat belt, just make sure you got plenty of cash to pay for the emergency room, overtime for the officers who have to block off traffic and do the investigation to prove you're a dumbass (incidentally, taking them away from solving real crimes, like the author of this piece bitches about), and money for the paramedics (usually firefighters) who could have been off putting out fires instead of extricating your fat ass out of your car. And if you live, don't forget the rehab costs where they will teach you yet again how to stack blocks, tie your shoes, and maneuver around in your wheelchair.

I've been to enough damn accidents that didn't have to be so bloody and gory, thank you very much. They wouldn't have been if the idiots just put on the stupid seat belt. Yes, I got paid, and got paid well for my trouble. And it all came out of the taxpayers' pockets. Thank you all.

It always amazed me how many morons thought they were going to just shoot out the windshield and land on something soft (in Arizona, where every single native plant has stickers or spines of some sort...good luck, moron), or that asphalt has some "give" to it when you hit it at 40 mph.

Don't go shouting about how your "civil rights" are being violated when I have to pay with my taxes for your stupid, irresponsible behavior.

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