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To: The IB Dude who wrote (32504)	8/19/2000 11:02:22 PM
From: cog	Respond to of 50167

Zain, Very mature response. Just one thing to add. Though I agree that poverty and lack of education add to the acts of violence, only God can change a heart. For that to happen, one must first be willing to let Him change it. cog

To: The IB Dude who wrote (32504)	8/20/2000 12:36:26 AM
From: SARMAN	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 50167

With all due respect, if a crime is left unpunished the whole society will crumble. What holds people back from crime(breaking the law) is the consequence of their actions. Look at drunk driving, the punishment is to revoke the driver license. How many time you heard that a drunk driver was involved in a deadly accident while his/her license was under suspension. How many time you here about a repeat rapist, pedophile, offender, thief and so on. Having harsh punishment will make anyone think before offending the first time and believe me that person will not offend a second time if punished the first time. You have mentioned the rights of the offender yet you did not look at the rights of the victim. What happens to the offender in the modern world? The offender goes to jail for few years if found guilty ;). This why you have so many repeat offenders in the modern world. The modern society is not safe. I guess you have never been victimized, it is easy to defend the rights of offender. It is good to high ideal and a euphoric vision of the modern world, but sometime we have to look at the old world to gain some wisdom from. At the end of the day we are going to be asked of what we have done. Our mouth is going to be shut and every fibre in our body is going to speak. Sorry to have wasted your time, but I wanted to point out that sometimes harsh punishment may do more good then helping criminals. Fixing the core problem is a good thing but as you mentioned it takes a long time, however fixing the core problems and harsh punishment will one day lead us to a safe and secure modern world. Abdul