I don't think any punishment would be needed. She has punished herself enough. She will carry the scars of her stupidity for years - that is more than enough punishment.
That's an asinine statment. I guess we should let the drunk driver off if they are seriously injured in a drunk driving accident right? Or the let's lte the rapist who is shot by their victim off because after all, they've been punished enough by being shot right? This woman belongs in prison plain and simple. Furhtermore, if her false accusations would have caused other negroes to riot or attack whites like the savages are quite prone to do in situations like this, this woman should have been arrested as an accomplice in those crimes as well. You freaking liberals make me sick.
Dear JTPR: You make good strong points about not biasing prosecution based on the extent of the person's self-inflicted injuries. It should be about intent and/or degree of reckless disregard/negligence toward public health safety and rights of others.
If this "laxness in accountability" is what it means to be liberal, then I can see why people don't think I am one. I believe in direct accountability and responsibility as part of Constitutional ethics, and am very supporting of liberals within that. I consider myself a progressive who leans liberal in terms of freedom of choice, but within the bounds of the Constitution where you can't impose your system (much less funding for it) in conflict with other people's religious or political beliefs including conservative. So I look for solutions in agreement with all standards in order to seek what is truly Constitutional as public policy.
I think you can have consequences and restitution without imposing extreme punishment.
If the restitution is proportional to the crime and costs involved, then that would mean worse crimes or repeat crimes will cost more to the offender to repay to victims and society.
If people like Noomi are sympathetic and want to help sick people repay their restitution,
I'm all for that, and believe in setting up rehab, recovery and work-study programs that could make this possible. But it has to be funded and supported voluntarily, you cannot impose such systems on people who don't agree to pay for it if they aren't committing crimes. I do believe in Restorative Justice as more effective in corrections and restitution, but it has to be a free and equal choice. So people who believe in it should be responsible for funding it, and we wouldn't have these problems with fighting politically over laws.
Thanks JTPR
I am a liberal Christian and Constitutionalist,
where in addition to my own preferences, I believe public policy needs to represent ALL parties and interests to be
constitutionally inclusive and equal. I believe there are ethical ways to support the approaches that Noomi might prefer and agree with, but they would have to be funded by people like her and me, and QUIT expecting other people to pay for it who politically object!
It's okay to be liberal, but pay for your own programs! No problem! Next?
