The World We Live In

[Kristy]

Every year, 5.4 million people are killed by a slow, very sluggish moving train, one they can see, smell, hear, and feel coming. Yet they are still standing on the tracks!



This is why I quit smoking, I don't want to get hit by a sluggish train.

[Hyper Joe]

O boy,

.. Killing on the other hand, in the first degree, SHOULD be a death sentence, why waste the tax payers money to give convicted murderers a better life than some of the people who have broken the law and killed someone.
...

Though I would agree with you but because of our laws..

Prisoners appeal after appeal and court fees and so forth make it cost the tax payers more money to try to "apply" the death sentence to a prisoner then to let him live life in prison.. Sad huh...

[Corvid]

(I've been waiting to use that for a while!)
Sorry, Pat, it was a good thought!!!

My line:

People's parents are paying for their college education at a big University when they don't even want to go. While some people are taking out HUGE loans and working multiple jobs just to go to the local Community College...

[jrosen123]

(I've been waiting to use that for a while!)
Sorry, Pat, it was a good thought!!!

My line:

People's parents are paying for their college education at a big University when they don't even want to go. While some people are taking out HUGE loans and working multiple jobs just to go to the local Community College...

That is what I was trying to avoid, but i'm glad you got the opportunity to use that lol

[disabled.101]

O boy,

You are thinking ahead of me, I am not saying that if they go to prison they should not be released, I am saying that during their term in prison, they should not have a say in the community/government etc. Stealing is the least of the problems when it comes to people in prison. Killing on the other hand, in the first degree, SHOULD be a death sentence, why waste the tax payers money to give convicted murderers a better life than some of the people who have broken the law and killed someone.

Also, I did not say that there is no chance of reform, people who steal I am all for them getting out for a second chance in society, in which they WILL have their rights to vote along with other things.

Thats all I am going to say on this topic, as much as I hate to see DutchHerp
without the entertainment of us "debating". haha

The World We Live In...People have debates about prisoners rights on a reptile forum

Haha well Felon can mean someone currently incarcerated and someone who has been released. I was making statements about a "ex-felon" who had paid his dues to society. While in jail I do not feel a felon has the privilege to vote so I agree

[disabled.101]

And sorry I am not meaning to derail your thread, it is back on its tracks now

[womensitdown]

You can't get drunk and walk home from the bar because if your stumbling your drunk in public and you get a ticket!!!

[BMorrison]

People take out student loans and get 80k in debt to get a job that makes 22k a year.

[llovelace]

O boy,

You are thinking ahead of me, I am not saying that if they go to prison they should not be released, I am saying that during their term in prison, they should not have a say in the community/government etc. Stealing is the least of the problems when it comes to people in prison. Killing on the other hand, in the first degree, SHOULD be a death sentence, why waste the tax payers money to give convicted murderers a better life than some of the people who have broken the law and killed someone.

Also, I did not say that there is no chance of reform, people who steal I am all for them getting out for a second chance in society, in which they WILL have their rights to vote along with other things.

Thats all I am going to say on this topic, as much as I hate to see DutchHerp
without the entertainment of us "debating". haha

The World We Live In...People have debates about prisoners rights on a reptile forum

I don't believe you are allowed to vote while encarcerated.

[HypoPita]

You can spend more than you paid for your used car....on a bicycle.