Sampo Syreeni wrote:
The difference is that most of the people around here seem to be arguing from the societal point of view. (Cheap) parole, even if sheer bliss for the felon, is a bad thing when thought about with due respect to what it does to whole communities.
Yes, that's correct. I am arguing against that collectivist viewpoint. It's the individual's suffering I'm most concerned with. I think it would be great to reform the whole shebang; let's do it, but let's not put the cart before the horse and harm the individual "for the greater good." Yeah, laws are tough to repeal, but that's where our efforts need to be placed, not on some indirect, "we'll really make it costly for the state" approach. Of course, as Cypherpunks we REALLY should be thinking how to make the laws irrelevant. And for what it's worth, that comes easier when we are dealing with someone who is relatively freer due to being on parole. Now let's put some Cypherpunk brain power towards those tattletale ankle transponders... S a n d y