Re:'It's just vape, nail, charity shops': Can anything save ...
by nsoam on Thursday November 05, 2026 @05:32AM
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There is nothing unjust about being expelled from society when you are found to be too damaging.
What is unjust, though, is to be the victim of criminals who benefit from knowing exactly what the threshold is to not being removed from society.
Re:'It's just vape, nail, charity shops': Can anything save ...
by dofm on Thursday November 05, 2026 @05:48AM
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Three strikes, in particular, is inherently unjust. There's no serious argument that it is not.
Silly fake faux-old-testament solutions like this don't actually work, as is demonstrated by the fact that most crime has fallen faster since they were abandoned.
For one thing, it’s a revolving cast of a few dozen people at any one time (people do go to prison, get rehabilitated, move on or get moved on). For another, they are often vulnerable or exploited: a lot of shoplifting is done to order, to supply the black market.
The UK does need to take shoplifting more seriously, but it’s important to understand that it is a consequence of both the design of retail (self-checkout and fewer staff) and of the cost of living.