Monday, October 18, 2004
But what about my feelings?
Prop 66 is the ultimate "Feel Good" proposition, as it pits "Oh, think of the children" against "That's too mean." It basically says the third strike of Three Strikes needs to be a serious/violent crime. They even throw in a "More harsh penalties for sex offenses against children" for good emotional measure.
Beetle the Ideological Voter finds the concept of punishing a person for his failure to lawfully re-enter society to be perfectly acceptable. Repeat violent offenders who are still committing crimes have shown themselves to be incapable of living in society, regardless of how minor their third crime is. NO on 66.
Beetle the Pragmatic Voter figures that for a repeat violent offender who is still committing crimes, it's really just a matter of time before that person commits a violent crime. Nevertheless, the chance that BPV will be a victim of such a crime is not large enough to consider all that seriously, and throwing people out on the streets increases court and police costs but reduces prison costs. Passing Prop 66 will also ward off lawsuits until the next high profile repeat offender gets a new three strikes passed. YES on 66.
Beetle the Entertainer doesn't find anything all that funny about violent crime or about prison time. But sometimes career criminals commit crimes very, very stupidly. Or something. NO on 66, just to hear the whining from the "OMG UNFAIRZ!" crowd.
Beetle the Bitter Foe of All Humanity wants more criminals on the streets. NO on 66.
. . .
|
. . .
|
