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[Neonivek]

Is everyone going to quote the person who asked not to be quote?

Some people want criminals to be treated badly because they 'deserve it'. They basically do the whole 'hold onto spite' thing and want to make it law.

Yep... pretty much...

But they never think of "Hey what happens when they are out of jail?"

[LordSlowpoke]

in order to not be quote you must first transcend quote

but that's the same level of imagination people exhibit when making mario kart 8 mashups therefore you might wish to steer away from this aisle and head for the deli instead

it has sausage, you can speak into it

also people know shit about handling criminals what's new

[Frumple]

They shut down a rehabilitation center not far from where I live for no other reason then "Ohhh, criminals shouldn't be treated well" in spite the fact that it was actually so successful it paid for itself.

Like... hold on, here. The center was literally paying for itself? Providing full funding through its own activities? And they shut it down?

... this is definitely the right thread for that, if so. That's some sincere nose chopping, right there.

[Bauglir]

Cleaning out my computer, I seem to have multiple folders with identical paths. Like I've got two Stardock folders in My Documents, for example. I'm sure there's some invisible characters in there or something, but still. Weird.

[Neonivek]

They shut down a rehabilitation center not far from where I live for no other reason then "Ohhh, criminals shouldn't be treated well" in spite the fact that it was actually so successful it paid for itself.

Like... hold on, here. The center was literally paying for itself? Providing full funding through its own activities? And they shut it down?

... this is definitely the right thread for that, if so. That's some sincere nose chopping, right there.

Ohhh no... I actually meant the rehabilitation rates saved enough money that it actually saved the city more money then it spent on it.

[Frumple]

Ohhh no... I actually meant the rehabilitation rates saved enough money that it actually saved the city more money then it spent on it.

Ah. Yeah, that's still brainmushingly stupid, but not quite as mushingly. Just mostly.

[Sergarr]

why do I keep watching these videos

why are they so irresistible

[Spehss _]

why do I keep watching these videos

why are they so irresistible

Hey Georgie, you want a balloon?

[Loud Whispers]

But they never think of "Hey what happens when they are out of jail?"

Put them back innit

[Teneb]

But they never think of "Hey what happens when they are out of jail?"

Put them back innit

What do you mean, criminals get out of jail? That's preposterous! Everyone knows that once you step into a jail, you never step out.

[Bohandas]

Some people want criminals to be treated badly because they 'deserve it'. They basically do the whole 'hold onto spite' thing and want to make it law.

Yep... pretty much...

But they never think of "Hey what happens when they are out of jail?"

It's the public. Have you MET the public?

Wait, internet. Everyone on the internet is introverted

I deapise the general public.

At any rate it works out... because the public also needs to be punished.

[Orange Wizard]

I always thought of prisons as protecting the general public from criminals. Like, this guy's a murderer, put him in prison so he doesn't murder anyone else. Not put him in prison so he feels bad about what he did and promises not to do it again. That doesn't make any sense.
Rehabilitation is good because you can then turn the criminal back into a productive member of society, which is good for literally everyone.

[NullForceOmega]

Imprisonment has nothing to do with any of the things you are talking about here, they are simply byproducts.  The real point is that someone who has 'gone over the wall' of civil obedience once is more likely to do so again, by incarcerating them you are showing that there is a clear penalty for doing so, and thereby decrease the probability of them doing so on another occasion.  All of these modern concepts of rehabilitation and protecting the public are just branch-offs of that basic concept.

[Dutchling]

Imprisonment has nothing to do with any of the things you are talking about here, they are simply byproducts.

This sentence totally makes sense.

[Neonivek]

Ugh...

Has anyone played a videogame and saw just a flat out rock stupid story and wondered, seriously wondered, what people saw in it?

I started playing Bioshock Infinite again... and I had an easier time with it... but I thought I was past the REALLY stupid parts... I didn't know the entire GAME was a congaline of stupidity.

So... lets play a mind game for a second...

Lets say you have a prisoner that you need to remain trapped inside your prison complex BUT you need this person alive... Now there are three kinds of guards you can post
1) A Relentless killing machine that will kill anyone discriminately and is too big for the prison
2) A bunch of well trained guards who have been taught many ways of harmlessly taking down a prisoner without hurting them
3) A teleporting birdman who has the ability to control and talk to birds

... Then I walk to this ordinary mansion that for SOME reason is the freeken haunted mansion... for no reason... with a lot of rotting food... for no reason... and people in face concealing hoods, FOR NO REASON! This is like going into a Jewish Synagogue and everyone decides to wear Lucha Libre masks and litter the floor with spoiled bananas... But they are otherwise just ordinary Jews.

Honestly I want to know how anyone got through this game without going "This is dumb!" even once...

Mind you I am biased because the start of the game has the main character acting as stupid as humanly possible...