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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sea_biscuit who wrote (55703)	11/2/2004 1:03:07 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

well I cast a protest vote for the 3 strikes reform then. I figured it was something like you say, the text of the proposition was flawed or something which is why so many are against it. I also voted for Burton's healthcare initiative which I think will not pass. But, I'm sick of this healthcare crisis and companies with 100 employees claiming they can't cover workers and that healthcare will "cost jobs". What a bunch of cr@p.

To: sea_biscuit who wrote (55703)	11/2/2004 1:08:55 PM
From: XBrit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

If they had only excluded really minor crimes like stealing a pizza or a pack of gum from a convenience store etc., then I could have voted for it. Yes I think that's the problem with the 3 strikes proposition. There's not much doubt that 3 strikes has achieved its main aim... the career criminals, the one-person crime waves, are mostly locked up now, and serious crime rates are down dramatically. Even if the repeat crimes are burglaries, I think many people are happier with the serial burglars locked away.