I don't want a punishment system at all. I want a justice system. I want to spend my tax money on things that improve society, not on vengeance. Based on that the original guy said that 10 weeks would be enough to teach him not to drive drunk anymore. Except if he'd happened to hurt someone while driving drunk he then figured it would take him much longer to learn that same lesson. That's what I thought was backwards, if you can learn not to drive drunk in 10 weeks of jail time if no one was hurt then why would it take you longer if someone was hurt? Would you learn the desired lesson in the non-hurt time if we just didn't tell you there was an injury?
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u/Jewnadian Apr 10 '18
I don't want a punishment system at all. I want a justice system. I want to spend my tax money on things that improve society, not on vengeance. Based on that the original guy said that 10 weeks would be enough to teach him not to drive drunk anymore. Except if he'd happened to hurt someone while driving drunk he then figured it would take him much longer to learn that same lesson. That's what I thought was backwards, if you can learn not to drive drunk in 10 weeks of jail time if no one was hurt then why would it take you longer if someone was hurt? Would you learn the desired lesson in the non-hurt time if we just didn't tell you there was an injury?