Beware the Mathematician
Increasingly, over the last few years, it has seemed to me that New Zealand has a very great deal of the former and a definite lack of the latter. We’ve all seen it in the news - criminals breaking the law with impunity, while the Crown slaps them on the wrist and sends them home. Murder, rape, random violence, vandalism, burglary, theft and general anti-social behaviour are all that New Zealand seems to be good at these days, and I think it’s high time we did something about it.
As it stands, we have a ‘humanitarian’, socialist, warm-fuzzies system which treats criminals like Kings and victims like scum. Recent events have finally compelled me to get off my lazy backside and join the Sensible Sentencing Trust (SST). I’d heard of them before, of course, but until I visited their website I had no idea that their goals and mine had such a close correspondence.
I’d highly recommend that everyone take the time to visit the site and, hopefully, make a donation. Their cause is surely worthy, and the only way it to get through to politicians is, apparently, by lobbying en masse. The dedicated people of the SST do that work on our behalf, and all we need to do is show them some support. Every Kiwi has a vested interest in the achievement of the SST’s goals and, at a time when it isn’t safe to walk the streets of our cities in broad daylight, the least we can do is put our money where our mouths are.
Let’s hope that in the future we see a lot less crime as a result of better punishment.
Posted on May 2nd 2008 by Chris. .
horrax Says:
July 11th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Prison or holiday camp? “We’re basically porters in a hotel. They say jump and we jump because management want to keep the peace. The prisoners run the place.”
“They get free medication, watch TV, play pool and table tennis, have barbecues - it’s like a holiday camp, not a prison. When they get released, they do something to get back inside.” Prison Guard Paremoremo. Some deterrent!
Ms Taepa rejected the statement that the prison was like a holiday camp, saying recreational facilities provided constructive activity that helped good management of the jail while preparing inmates for reintegration back into the community.