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Why I find this Tory crap abhorrent...

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Why I find this Tory crap abhorrent...

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It's not because I am a liberal I find one particular aspect of this abhorrent:

  • Convicted criminals to serve the full sentence given to them by the judge.

...but because I am a Christian, and I believe in expiation, repentance and the ability of people to change their lives for the better, and in ways a judge at the time of a trial could not anticipate.

There's plenty of other stuff to get worried about as a liberal of course, but I would urge Christians not to fall for this particular piece of knee-jerk populist authoritarianism.

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Submitted by Andrew Duffield (not verified) on August 28, 2007 - 19:02.
Don't assume you have a Christian monopoly on this Jock, old boy. As an atheist, I also believe in "expiation, repentance and the ability of people to change their lives for the better". This is a secular liberal issue, not a religious one. Cheers!
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Submitted by Jock on August 28, 2007 - 19:30.
Sure, but I suspect our liberal humanist selves are not the core audience this Conservatory stuff is meant to appeal to...:)
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Submitted by Tristan Mills (not verified) on August 29, 2007 - 12:06.
I don't mind that statement so much. However, I do think that the sentences themselves need to be looked at. Life should mean life, but it should be a rare occurrence to have a life sentence. Perhaps sentences should be more conditional, so perhaps instead of the many life sentences handed out a judge could hand down a sentence of 10 years imprisonment followed by yearly reviews of danger to others and reform with the possibility release/parole/etc Basically we should redefine our terms to mean what they mean in reality rather than what people think they mean.
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