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To: Gib Bogle who wrote (71971)	1/3/2010 11:43:31 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Respond to of 74559

Gib, the problem is that the consequences of gross negligence and outright vandalism and general criminality have been neutered to lip bus ticket standard. Even murder at its easiest got only a 7 year sentence. My wife's uncle was murdered by knife [outright home invasion murder] a few decades ago and the criminal's penalty was only 7 years. It was murder, not manslaughter. Murder, when I was a child, was almost non-existent in NZ, with about 3 a year. Now, it's a daily event almost and the murders are horrific in their nature, not some dispute gone awry. Bring back the noose. Minor thieves used to do gaol time. Unfortunately, bureaucrats think it's better to solve problems by making lowest common denominator laws rather than punishing bad behaviour. So we have alcohol bans instead of bad behaviour bans - involuntary kidney donation for throwing a beer bottle would see few bottles thrown and fewer people needing to suffer dialysis for years. We have fire bans instead of punishing people who burn things. Nature doesn't pussy-foot around. The punishment for walking to near a cliff edge is sudden death. So there are few people who fall over cliffs. If the punishment was 10 hours of community service, lots more people would go over the edge. With suitable consequences for various crimes, there would be much less crime and a good supply of body parts for transplantation to people who need them. Sold to the highest bidder, it would also be highly profitable, enabling victims of criminals to be paid compensation. Mqurice