Also, the prison thing. Your response is exactly what I thought you'd say, and I do agree that our prison system does not work. However, I'm torn on the issue of how someone who is deliberately responsible for 93 deaths can be "restored". I like the idea of a more restorative prison system, and I think its been proven successful, but this is a little much for me.
The first time he told me about how much he was benching, I was like "okay, that would have sucked if you were lifting that and then the ceiling and walls started crashing in", but then he said he finished his set after the bomb went off and I was like "what the ****?" But I found: Cameron Leslie sorry for ...where he explained why he said that. "He says he hopes the international attention he has generated can be utilised to gain traction for a campaign aiming to remove Breivik’s name and face ‘removed from the tabloids’." Oh, okay.
Terrorist attack. Finish set.
It probably sounds weird from your perspective. Don't they give out 700+ year sentences in the States? Had this happenned here, 22 years would probably be on the higher end of what he could receive. I'd imagine there'd be no parole (because not only do we have short sentences, but they're rarely if ever fully served). I'm not sure what I think. I think for most murderers, ~20 years is suitable. But for this guy, I'm not so sure. It shouldn't be a 'punishment' as such, but a place to hold him until he is no longer a threat to the public. Why spend anymore of the public's money on this man than you need to? EDIT: I just read more than the first page. This: Originally Posted by Kiwibird83 Criticizing the penal system of a nation that has a recidivism rate that is 4x lower than our own? Bwuahahahaha. Thanks, I needed that. Also, going by that user name, and that the article cited in the first post is the largest newspaper in NZ, is this some kind of Kiwi forum? Are you entertaining thoughts of emigrating!? EDIT EDIT: Unprecedented killings require an unprecedented sentence. I don't think they should change what they've got though. The US system is penalising, not restoratative. There's a reason you have a high crime rate, and high recidivism rate, whereas Norway has neither.
Norway Killer faces max sentence of 21 years. - Honda-Tech Read this thread, and the reactions. I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts.
ahaha
I had a beer two days ago.
You are so in now!
I finally got a red cup! And it's actually from the States. I'm a citizen now!
Hahaha yep!
I told you! I ****ing called it!
Yeah, I saw that one too. That one was more lulz though.
I really don't think it is. I was about to link you another video of (what was apparently) a fundamentalist Christian praising God's work in killing Japanese atheists after only one day of Lenten fasting. Turns out it was a troll, and has been taken down for copyright infringement.
I agree. And this girl...It's hard to believe that she's being serious, even though I know damn good and well people ARE like that. Is it satire?
