"long sentences do not eradicate crime" then why is that the only incentive for me not to kill anyone?
i can say it quite frankly: if the life sentence did not exist, i would kill all the people whom i hate from the bottom of my heart.in a world without prisons, no amount of therapy or rehabiliation wouldn't change my ways.
the only thing that stops me from committing any killing at all is the punishments.
i don't want to throw my life away.
when you argue with someone who wants to reduce punishments or dismantle the prison system, don't argue by saying that "criminals don't change" because they're starting to fall for the criminological cultural deprivation theory bullshit. they become annoying cultural relativists defending criminals.
tell them YOU WANT to commit massacre and the only thing stopping you from doing that is international law and prison. then they have lost the argument. criminals are therefore not victims, they can proudly commit crimes. i would be perfectly happy if i could kill the people i hate en masse.
i remember when one person asked "why would you do that?" what the fuck? xD well because i can? do you need justification? as if there's one? xD isn't it scary to think that it's the only aspect that keeps me away from that act?
what a shock that people can have different moral concepts! this is the only reason why prison system exists. just because you have "empathy" and "morality" doesn't mean everyone does. not everyone thinks like you.