Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts

Post by qingcharles » Sat, May 13, 2023, 4:22 AM UTC

bee_rider wrote: post #407

wing-_-nuts wrote: post #296

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I consider myself a liberal, but while I think pretty much all drug possession charges should be dropped and decriminalized, violent crime? Robbery? Those folks should absolutely be in jail. I don't care if we have to build tent cities to incarcerate them. You hurt someone intentionally, you should not be breathing free air for a while.

It should also be noted that locking people up puts them in contact with a bunch of convicted criminals. Making weed illegal put a bunch of otherwise harmless people in a situation where they wanted to do illegal business. The liberal position—don’t make relatively harmless stuff illegal—is one way to reduce the amount of crime. Sure, lock up people who do violent crimes (I mean, get them out of society while we try…

Post by qingcharles » Sat, May 13, 2023, 4:26 AM UTC

unholythree wrote: post #433

Convolutional wrote: post #185

I should point out to those not from the US that this is how Americans view the US. There is a lot of crime, the government and NGOs are on the side of the criminals etc. It is up voted to the top as well, with agreement in the replies, this is how Americans view the US. The US incarcerates more people than China, despite China having more than four times as many people, but the view obviously is the incarceration ra…

A lot of commenters are on the parent post are of the opinion our American prison rates are high because of more criminal activity, which may be true, but I think it's also important to recall having a small prison population doesn't necessarily equal a just society. There were very few long term prisoners in medieval society, not because of a progressive outlook but because most crimes were punished with some form o…

Post by mbg721 » Sat, May 13, 2023, 4:33 AM UTC

perryizgr8 wrote: post #509

Kia should respond by integrating an automatic gun in the car that simply shoots anybody who approaches the car without the key. Maybe that will be acceptable to American sensibilities more than the notion of not stealing other's property.

Post by pb7 » Sat, May 13, 2023, 4:59 AM UTC

jasonm23 wrote: post #510

pb7 wrote: post #484

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Interestingly, isn't this exactly what happens when American tech companies get fined and/or are forced to implement certain regulations in Europe?

Are European regulations due to people stealing tech devices? I thought it was due to anti-consumer practices.

Post by loneey » Sat, May 13, 2023, 5:05 AM UTC