All this recent soft left-wing treatment for killers has got me thinking that it's time for Canada to take a harsher stance on people who kill. If you're endangering others, killing innocent people, killing small children - I'm less of a believer in accidental manslaughter and mental illnesses. If we think that this person may repeat the same thing again - they need to be put away, or put to the same death as their victims. So let's take these recent examples (OK, I only have 3 that are top of mind from last week):
1. Greyhound Bus De-Capitation
This guy is being sent to a mental institution. Even after saying that he should be put to death. Are you kidding me - a crazy farm? Who's going to assess whether he's good enough to be let out onto the streets again, and how accurate is that going to be? With our track record of letting people out of mental institutions early (or at all) - this guy is going to be free in no time. And I certainly don't want to be anywhere near him. Because the scariest thing about this one is that it was COMPLETELY random. It's not targeted at gangsters or prostitutes or women on the east side, or anyone - completely random innocent stranger. As far as I'm concerned, someone should saw this guy's head off.
2. Native Guy Who Accidentally Killed 2 Daughters
He gets drunks and accidentally lets his 2 daughters freeze to death and then says that he shouldn't be sent to prison because his family is better off with him, than havin him in prison. Oh, sorry, right - so you can accidentally kill more of your children. WTF? It is appalling that we put little value on these girls lives and give this guy another chance. And who the hell wants this pathetic excuse for a father around? We should leave him outside in freezing temperatures with no shoes and see how he feels.
3. Gangsters with Guns
How the hell is it that we can't charge people with machine guns in their trunks to higher penalties? And how the hell can people claim that they didn't know there were guns in the trunk of their car? Let's cut the bullshit and not let the gangsters spit all over the judicial system. There's a limit to how much "innocent until proven guilty" makes sense. When there's an all-out gang war in the city, it's time to lay down some harsher penalties and put some of these guys away.
Now I'm not all right-wing in my views on crime. My husband makes a great argument for educating on drugs like coke and heroin. Take away demand, and the supply goes away. Like he points out, it worked with drinking and driving, and smoking for those of us who grew up in the 80's. Bring a few heroin addicts from the eastside into every elementary school and scare the crap out of them to never try it. And not a recovered addict - a homeless dude who's currently addicted to it. That should do it to put a decline in hard drug use in the generation to come.
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