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Okay, so, cutting to the chase - What's the solution for addressing the "social" reasons. Or are you saying that there's no solution because our government is not designed to so drastically change the social dynamics? What I'm saying is that "boot camp" is a joke if they know that on the other side of that is a system of gang life, recreation and free meals called "prison". I've watched the prison documentaries. Prison isn't punitive enough. The inmates should be so tired when they come in at the end of the day that they don't want to do anything but rest up for the next day. There would be no

It's just not going to happen, LPPT. As I've said before, in a capitalistic society, if there is not a money incentive, it's not going to happen. WHO is going to initiate what you're talking about? How will it be paid for? If the answer is "taxes" what politician is going to run on a platform that will raise taxes for a program designed to "see if there's a better outcome"? No hard data, let's just wait and see? That's a hard-sell! There's a reason that nobody has done this before. The reason is what I explained - It can't be sold to the public as a legitimate reason to raise taxes again

The issue isn't good or bad people, but that a standard exists through which our society can at least perceive a system of justice. Because someone is penalized for having made a poor choice - of course that doesn't make him/her a bad person. It just means that the penalty will be imposed, whether on the child, the parents or both. A child can have his record expunged if there are no future run-ins with the law. That's a pretty good break. However, if the person returns to criminal activity, I have no sympathy for him/her. To a degree, kids CHOOSE their support system, through their choic

Number one, LPPT, it's like I described before. No initiative will be undertaken in the area of prevention because there's no INCENTIVE to change things. In other words, why would a politician bring a proposal that would cost the Georgia Taxpayer millions of dollars on the hope that it would contribute to lowering crime? If he's a Democrat, he'll be called TAX AND SPEND and what's the upside for the politician? There's really not any. As far as putting people away -- They are not contributing to the crime statistics while they are in prison. That DOES curb crime. What doesn't curb crime i

I think that they need to do more than just "time". They need to work harder in prison than they'd ever have to work on a job. Lifting weights? They can load trucks or something for 12 or 14 hours a day. They need to get rid of those free weights and put ankle weights on prisoners. They need to put some form of shock collars on them for the purpose of quelling any sort of disturbance. Most of all, they need to think that they've visited "HELL" when they're finally let out of prison. Reform of the individual isn't going to happen without reform of the system. If you want to get to people

["Prison simply is ineffective as deterrent to crime for many"] I think that it is because the punishment is not severe enough. You might ask why do we have to pay to incarcerate people? Because criminals won't enter the jail willingly and pay for their own upkeep? Perhaps if the parents had to pay for the jail time of their kids, they'd do a better job of parenting. Or they'd skip out where you'd never find them! But if the parents are in jail already and the kid is just following in their footsteps.... Why do my tax dollars go to pay for the results of bad parenting? Because the crimina

My point is that many of them have been in the system as juveniles. Prosecute 'em and then let 'em out when they're 18? That just TELLS them that they get away with a laundry-list of crimes and get probation or a light sentence. They can have a special jail for youthful offenders. In it, the offenders do HARD TIME, in addition to getting an education which would be considered relief from the hard time. A guy doesn't want to study? Fine. He can work a jack-hammer and help carve a mountain-pass roadway or some other manual labor for 12 or 14 hours a day, then, it's back to the sack to take t

They ought to put inmates in prison for the purpose of letting their muscles atrophy! What sense does it make to allow career criminals to bulk up??? Why don't they invent self-cleaning jail cells, like self-cleaning ovens? If the guy raises a ruckus in there, you put the cell on "silent". If he wants to hurl feces, you limit his food portions, turn the self-cleaning super-shower on and it cleans everything, including the inmate.

However -- This is a nation of laws. The government should not be in the business of manipulating society to provide incentives disproportionately to high risk groups based on statistics. You say, "Study it". I'm saying "they already know". There's not a cause and effect relationship between growing up in a certain ethnic class and being a career criminal. That being the case, the only way to deal with the situation is to handle each case on its own. I think that we can (figuratively) whip the kid's ass or we can mollycoddle him. I think that the ONE SUBJECT that needs to be taught to th

I'd revamp the civil code that makes parents PAY BACK SOCIETY for the crimes that their children commit. If a kid robs you at gunpoint, you should be able to sue the parents for the trauma that their child put you through. Upon conviction, this would be automatic. And it would be on the custodial parent.

You seem to be making a case for stricter laws. Or you don't like our system of government? Sorry, but in some cases THE PARENTS ARE IN PRISON! Other times the parents are dead, they've run off and it's a grandma who's taking care of the children. But sure, ideally parents should watch their kids and know what they're doing. Stricter laws! If that means limiting the number of postponements, or limiting the amount of days until a case goes to trial, let's have a look at that. A person is due an attorney. Probably a half of one percent of crimes are committed by the mentally ill (they don'

I think that tthe dynamics are complex. There's drugs, sure. There's also gang activity, lack of parental supervision (do you know where your children are?) lax laws on violent/repeat offenders, a relatively poor educational system and a society that doesn't ostracize poor behavior.

The statistic that I saw about the crime in Avondale Estates, 80 percent of it being committed by Avondale High School (where I went to school) students - This is an indication to me that laws are not strict enough on youngsters. Now, I'm not talking about a kid making the poor decision to stick something in his pocket and not pay for it. I'm talking about young people who engage in violent crimes - ANYTHING INVOLVING A WEAPON! - or threats involving violence. It's time that we STOP accepting excuses of young people getting in with the wrong crowd! Everybody KNOWS what gangs do! Evidence

Well, it kinda does one of those things being "existence". I didn't know that Avondale Mall had been torn down! That shows how long it's been since I was there. I grew up in Avondale. At the time, it was the "safest town in America" having NO violent crime during a single calendar year. It was that kind of place. The CITY LIMITS is probably still similar, but here's a telling statistic from the link to Avondale Estates: "Over 80 percent of the crimes committed in Avondale Estates are committed by Avondale High School Students" -- Wow! LPPT, that was pure poetry!

You said it, BB! Why would ANYONE go to a mall? I can't think of anything that you can get at a mall, that you can't get elsewhere, for less, and more safely. All that people need to do is a web search for whatever they need. That's my opinion, too!

Royal was the man! I'm sorry to see him go!!

That was hilarious!

What does it mean to have a null and void status? Oh - you're just showing up in "members" status Everybody knows you're in the upper eschelon!! Also known as "The Esch"

Oh, yeah about Subby - I guess I'd better say something about his business of fixing (repairing) small engines. Y'all take your small engines to Subby. Before you cut grass again in about a month and a half, have your lawnmower tuned up and the blade sharpened!

Sure! No, not "the eye"!!

Viking Princess - how about this for an avatar, instead of an eye?

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Thanks, MillCreek! It used to be that EVERY YEAR there would be somebody venture out onto a frozen pond and fall through and drown. For several years now, we had warm winters where the ponds didn't freeze, so it's good to remind everybody that NO POND or lake in Georgia is safe to walk across when it has frozen over.

On one hand, it would be the object of Westboro's hatred turning the other cheek and showing "love your neighbor". On the other hand it would be traumatizing to the bigots. The perfect solution.

That just made me think of something. I used to think that what that pastor needed was a punch in the mouth! Now, I think that counter protesters ought to just kiss him on the mouth!!