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Originally posted by baddog
well if there is no penalty, doesn't that naturally mean there is no crime?
Go to places like the mid-east where they cut off hands and have public executions . . . that is a pretty good deterent
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no, where penalties are less harsh, their is less crime - when you think about it, the # of people in jail is determined by our police and how strict they are - but countries with lesser penalties are KNOWN to be safer..
proven by less numbers per area / 1000 people, etc..
like less murders per population, less burglaries, etc.
go visit the mideast, and wear your gold jewelry out, tell me if you feel safe.
of if you feel safer in say - the netherlands.