Kerre Woodham of NewsTalk ZB would probably favour summary execution, if she could get away with it. She is frothing about boy racers, and anyone who might be mistaken for a boy racer. They all should have their cars crushed. She actually said she wouldn't mind if it meant a few "innocent" cars were accidentally crushed. Just crush them like insects. On the spot. No first warning. No investigation into who owns the car. Just crush it. Such is the seriousness of the problem.
If you are going to go around and say "hit them were it hurts" then make sure you are hurting the right people. Crushing some-one else's car just makes you a thug.
The likely market reaction? Steal the car first. Maybe Kerre's?
One of the problems is that the laws are not being enforced properly. I do not disagree the problem is serious, and that we need to protect innocent bystanders.
However, the reaction to create incredibly severe punishments that also have a greater chance of capturing innocent people in its net would be State intervention at it's worst.
If you are going to go around and say "hit them were it hurts" then make sure you are hurting the right people. Crushing some-one else's car just makes you a thug.
The likely market reaction? Steal the car first. Maybe Kerre's?
One of the problems is that the laws are not being enforced properly. I do not disagree the problem is serious, and that we need to protect innocent bystanders.
However, the reaction to create incredibly severe punishments that also have a greater chance of capturing innocent people in its net would be State intervention at it's worst.
Listening to her tonight has been very scary. I can see just how it is that people have been rounded up and shot in various countries around the world - it's because of people like Kerre who don't want to listen to reason - they just want cars crushed. Even if they can see that maybe it would be better not to, as long as some cars are crushed (people are shot) they're happy.
ReplyDeleteI've a better idea--why don't we simply shoot totalitarian little bastards like Woodham.
ReplyDeleteA few innocent people may get shot in the process, but hey, that'd just be an unfortunate side-effect....
Totalitarian nannyism--there's a lot of it about.
Yes, she was getting a little excited and angry.
ReplyDeleteI thought she was of the 'cuddles and milk for the crims' type of socialist.