home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
/ NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31 / NN_1992_31.iso / spool / bit / listserv / politics / 20468 < prev    next >
Encoding:
Text File  |  1992-12-22  |  1.2 KB  |  36 lines
  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!II.UJ.EDU.PL!CAIUS
  3. X-Delivery-Notice:  SMTP MAIL FROM does not correspond to sender.
  4. X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL8]
  5. Message-ID: <9212211409.AA12648@infoserv.ii.uj.edu.pl>
  6. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.politics
  7. Date:         Mon, 21 Dec 1992 15:09:52 MET
  8. Sender:       Forum for the Discussion of Politics <POLITICS@UCF1VM.BITNET>
  9. From:         Grzegorz Albinowski <caius@II.UJ.EDU.PL>
  10. Subject:      double penalty?
  11. Comments: To: Politics Disc List <POLITICS@ucf1vm.cc.ucf.edu>
  12. Lines: 22
  13.  
  14. Dr Pizz writes:
  15. > I agree that government should stay out of all the things you mentioned
  16. > except abortion.  However, the penalties for crimes committed under the
  17. > influence of drugs, etc.  must be treated with double penalties to
  18. > ensure that people treat these freedoms with the required personal
  19. > responsibility.
  20.  
  21. A murder is a murder. Why differentiate the penalty?
  22.  
  23. What about 1/2 drug crimes 3/4 drug crimes?
  24.  
  25. What about strong and weak drugs?
  26.  
  27. Is alcohol a drug?
  28.  
  29. Is butter a drug?
  30.  
  31. What about frequent-drug-users and first-timers ?
  32.  
  33.  
  34.  
  35. Caius thinks: same crime - same penalty.
  36.