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Politics : Canadian Political Free-for-All
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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (7531)1/15/2006 12:33:30 PM
From: Gulo  Read Replies (3) of 37436
 
I haven't posted in a while because most topics I'm interested in have been covered in depth. The question of prisoner vote is a new one though.

My position is that the right to vote is not a right that the government grants to it citizens and is therefor not a right that the government can take away, prisoner or not. The government exists at the pleasure of it citizens, not the other way around. This libertarian conservative position conflicts with the authoritarian conservative law-and-order position I'm hearing here.

I understand that people are concerned that criminals are treated too lightly, and I generally agree. Keep in mind, though, that Canada imprisons a greater portion of its population than almost any country in history. A large portion of those in prison are there for non-payment of fines and for victimless crimes.

The root cause of the kind of gang crime we've seen in Toronto or Edmonton cannot be traced to the availability of guns or to weak punishments. I doubt that fear of jail or lack of a gun would be cited by anyone here as the reason they don't shoot their neighbour. Most people don't shoot people because they don't perceive that to be a reasonable way to get ahead. What is needed in the afflicted communities are government policies that
1) reduce ghettoization (e.g., immigrant language and culture integration programs may help),
2) do not put barriers to economic development (e.g., minimum wage laws that make it illegal to provide a job for a person worth less than the minimum),
3) ensure that people and their rights are protected by more policing (not more laws).

(JMNSHO)
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