Re: Ronnie Biggs will rot in jail....
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:21 pm
Reggie Perrin wrote:
> No not really, because like the paedo and the rapist and the
> murderer, the person who conspired to rob a fortune of public
> money
... which was insured; so the Govt. premiums rose a bit- and,
unlike the other gang-members, he committed NO act of violence
whatsoever against the traincrew..
> He is just as much a criminal as they.
As above, no.
You're still clinging to
> that stupid idea that criminals in the past weren't so bad,
> actually some kind of popular hero and were so badly treated
> when the judge of the day handed down a stiff sentence.
Patronising rubbish- why do you always assume you are the one-eyed
King in the country of the blind?
> Fortunately sentences aren't made on a compare-and-contrast
> basis
Actually, under current sentencing-policy, they're supposed to be just
that.
> because they are mostly an emotional response to the
> plight of a sick old man.
Patronising, part 2. And why do you single him out particularly?
What about McVicar and all the other long-term escapees, who never
served their full sentences?
If he had enough brain to fake a
> bit of contrition he'd be out now and I'd say good luck to him
> too. He's still inside because he's stupid.
Saunders should have been re-imprisoned immediately upon 'recovery'.
This damaged the public's faith in justice far more than our leaders ever
realised. It also taught the useful but unjust lesson that in general,
crimes of violence are viewed far less severely than crimes against
finance.
> His son looks and sounds like a criminal too.
... but seems so far only to have been convicted by you, rather than
any trivia such as evidence. 'Daily Mail' reader, by any chance?
> No not really, because like the paedo and the rapist and the
> murderer, the person who conspired to rob a fortune of public
> money
... which was insured; so the Govt. premiums rose a bit- and,
unlike the other gang-members, he committed NO act of violence
whatsoever against the traincrew..
> He is just as much a criminal as they.
As above, no.
You're still clinging to
> that stupid idea that criminals in the past weren't so bad,
> actually some kind of popular hero and were so badly treated
> when the judge of the day handed down a stiff sentence.
Patronising rubbish- why do you always assume you are the one-eyed
King in the country of the blind?
> Fortunately sentences aren't made on a compare-and-contrast
> basis
Actually, under current sentencing-policy, they're supposed to be just
that.
> because they are mostly an emotional response to the
> plight of a sick old man.
Patronising, part 2. And why do you single him out particularly?
What about McVicar and all the other long-term escapees, who never
served their full sentences?
If he had enough brain to fake a
> bit of contrition he'd be out now and I'd say good luck to him
> too. He's still inside because he's stupid.
Saunders should have been re-imprisoned immediately upon 'recovery'.
This damaged the public's faith in justice far more than our leaders ever
realised. It also taught the useful but unjust lesson that in general,
crimes of violence are viewed far less severely than crimes against
finance.
> His son looks and sounds like a criminal too.
... but seems so far only to have been convicted by you, rather than
any trivia such as evidence. 'Daily Mail' reader, by any chance?