Re:In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs
by paggle on Friday August 23, 2019 @02:01PM
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We need low cost low security jails for people who commit property crimes. Basically just wall off a few square miles and throw them in there left to their own devices.
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Re:In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs
by asdfgasd on Monday August 26, 2019 @01:52PM
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Maybe you can try using your giant 'logical' brain to postulate why that isn't a good idea?
You're suggesting making a fucking ghetto for homeless people? Are you serious?
This thread has confirmed my suspicion that HN cares way more about money and their material interests than any sense of morality or ethics.
Re:In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs
by seanmcdirmid on Friday August 23, 2019 @02:10PM
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Many prisons in central and South America are run like this: the prisoners are thrown into a contained environment without guards otherwise, the prisoners themselves (usually visit a gangs) organize the prison economy and otherwise keep the peace (bar for some occasional riots).
Re:In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs
by malandrew on Friday August 23, 2019 @04:34PM
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This is basically the origin of Australia.
Re:In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs
by paggle on Friday August 23, 2019 @02:27PM
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That’s not good because it gives the leaders a quality of life that they shouldn’t be able to enjoy.
Re:In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs
by Afton on Friday August 23, 2019 @02:53PM
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Wow. That's your criticism? That they leaders aren't suffering enough? You and I have very different ideas about what incarceration is for.
Re:In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs
by allana on Friday August 23, 2019 @02:13PM
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Arizona's attempt at this worked poorly: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/aug/21/arizona-phoen...