Re: Making people passive NOT!

Gina Miller (nanogirl@halcyon.com)
Thu, 7 Oct 1999 13:51:19 -0700

Cynthia wrote:
"Shock snippet"
>I do have one rather practical idea. Do something to temporarily disable
their legs,
>so that they will be confined to a wheel chair until they are 30. This
would be much
>cheaper and less damaging to them, then sending them to prison. They would
still be
>in society, but unable to do very much damage to other people.

In Islam people get hands choped off for stealing, but here in America we have a constitution that state's it is illegal to conduct "Cruel and unusual punishment." (Disclaimer here-that I am not expressing 100% support for all American guidelines- but can at least feel safe knowing that in a wrongful or alleged crime, one may perhaps complete undeserved time, and not be maimed for life.) Another point, criminals do come in many forms, (including wheelchairs).
Nanogirl
(The girl who was in a wheelchair last year)