I've often done a thought experiment across much of what I read in my local newspaper for people getting picked up... etc.
If we didn't have drugs, or if we didn't drive, would the police have much to do? Probably not.
When it comes to drugs, we make drug users much more evil than they are.
When it comes to driving, its a relatively new thing in the history of the human race.
I firmly think the law should be there to protect us from others, and not ourselves.
Don't forget, the police have there agenda too. They want to grow their departments and look great at solving crime.
The individual officers are just enforcing what they are told to enforce, and behave how they should. They just are following the orders that the legislatures are giving us.
TBH... I don't believe people belong in jail unless they are a threat to others. We should take the extreme crimes and put people in prison for those. People that hurt or kill others do either need a break from society, or should have a 'permanent' break from society.
The rest, we just need to try to reform, and keep on making them functional in this society. Its a far less burden.
If we didn't have drugs, or if we didn't drive, would the police have much to do? Probably not.
When it comes to drugs, we make drug users much more evil than they are.
When it comes to driving, its a relatively new thing in the history of the human race.
I firmly think the law should be there to protect us from others, and not ourselves.
Don't forget, the police have there agenda too. They want to grow their departments and look great at solving crime.
The individual officers are just enforcing what they are told to enforce, and behave how they should. They just are following the orders that the legislatures are giving us.
TBH... I don't believe people belong in jail unless they are a threat to others. We should take the extreme crimes and put people in prison for those. People that hurt or kill others do either need a break from society, or should have a 'permanent' break from society.
The rest, we just need to try to reform, and keep on making them functional in this society. Its a far less burden.
Just my $0.02.