rojo wrote:
[quote]$23 and Jail? wrote:
More importantly... Japan hands out a year in jail for stealing $23 of stuff??? And I thought America was bad.
What's bad about it? There needs to be a deterrent. Othewise people would steal little things all the time.
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Yeah, whats wrong with one year in jail for shoplifting 23$ worth of candy? Seems totally reasonable and a good use of taxpayer money. Personally, I prefer the Saudi Arabia way. Just chop off their hands. That'll teach them!
The US currently imprisons 2.2 million people with direct costs of around $100 billion a year. This doesn't count the cost of removing someone from the workforce and likely impairing any future productivity because of the effect imprisonment has on future housing and employment prospects. Prisoners with children often end up with their kids in foster care or with a relative and the kids tend to be neglected and repeat cycles of imprisonment for petty crime when they are older.
There are plainly people who need to be in prison for the protection of society, but imprisonment also imposes large costs on society. Before someone is imprisoned, there should be a net benefit to society. That's not easy to judge in some cases, but I can't imagine the costs to Japan of imprisoning a former marathon runner for a year could remotely balance out $23 in stolen snacks. The cost to Japanese taxpayers has already greatly exceeded $23, and the threat of prison probably has minimal deterrent effect on compulsive behavior by bulimics who consider shoplifting in the future.
I pay for my snacks. wrote:
Apparently, it’s a thing-
If that's the case, then Letsrun is full of shoplifters.
Them people shoplifters should be working to pay there way for there own food. I'm sure they can work and still literally run. Look at Bekele, he is the best ever runner, but he also works hard in Ethiopia. He does eat a lot of cakes, but at least he pays for them. He runs the hotels/properties that have all the cakes and food in them. I want to visit his hotels someday. Although I hope they don't effect his next year attempts for the marathon world record's. I think he will literally get them no problem tough. He just needs to train really properly. Then literally he can get away with eating all them cakes when he needs to refuel after running.
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
2017 World 800 champ Pierre-Ambroise Bosse banned 1 year for whereabouts failures