Pissing up a storm

Great post on Manndates re: pissing on the war memorials:

“Just criminalize it” should be the new slogan in Ottawa, particularly if Liberal MP David McGuinty has his way. Following the now infamous Canada Day war memorial urination incident, McGuinty has called for changes to the Criminal Code that specifically prohibit the denigration of war memorials.

Right. Because existing municipal by-laws and Criminal Code provisions dealing with mischief, public drunkeness and property destruction, among others, are not sufficient."

Ahhh, Michelle, as always you are so right.

We should just criminilize it all.

Peeing in public -- throw 'em in jail. Hate the government (and make statements like "cut off his head") throw 'em in jail. Travel to a country that is in the process of increasing their emigration (and re-patriating their cultural children to the more advantageous countries in the world) throw 'em in jail.

It's always so much easier to throw the book at 'em than to actually DEAL with the problem. Lack of respect (in all its forms) does not get corrected by simple corporal punishment. In fact, given our prison culture, lack of respect is fostered rather than corrected. How many reports and studies do we need to read and produce before we truly appreciate that recitivism, respect and basic law and order is best fostered through positive solutions, rather than negative (corporal) punishment.

In the end, my dear Michelle, you get nothing but kudos from me for highlighting how ridiculous these knee-jerk, politically-inspired actions really are.

To see the full post on Manndates goto: http://manndates.blogspot.com/