Originally posted by Mich the Tester
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Student pleads guilty to throwing fire extinguisher
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostSurely he should be vandalising the Labour party headquarters, seeing as they´re the people who made these cuts necessary?Comment
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostHe's going to be someone's bitch for at least the next 18 months.
It'll be just like when he was at public school.My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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Originally posted by k2p2 View PostSeems steep to me. He's a kid who got carried away by the moment. Agree, he needs to realise his actions are not acceptable, but, assuming no previous form, 3 months (or 6, with 3 served...) would do the job and give him a much better chance of actually getting on with a normal education and life at the end of it.What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostHow far did he manage to throw it?
Any latent athletic talent?
Seems good enough for the British athletics team to me.
It's just a shame someone'll be "doing the backstroke" and "putting their shot" up him during the 2012 Olympics.My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostSurely he should be vandalising the Labour party headquarters, seeing as they´re the people who made these cuts necessary?
He is studying A levels in classics, politics and philosophy.Comment
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostHe could have killed someone. Message needs to be sent out. Take responsibilty for your own actions.
Do we punish actions or consequences?
If you drink drive for example and crash into a lampost, you're likely to lose your licence and get a heavy fine. If you drink drive and crash into person, you're likely to serve a lengthy jail sentence. Yet the action is the same.
We shouldn't be punishing someone to 'send a message'. 3 months are enough to make him grow up a bit and be more careful in the future, without being integrated into the criminal community - I have no evidence to back it up but I can't help thinking you're far more likely to be a persistent offender after 18 months inside, than 3.Comment
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Originally posted by Bedwetter View PostYep, but he didn't.
Do we punish actions or consequences?
If you drink drive for example and crash into a lampost, you're likely to lose your licence and get a heavy fine. If you drink drive and crash into person, you're likely to serve a lengthy jail sentence. Yet the action is the same.
We shouldn't be punishing someone to 'send a message'. 3 months are enough to make him grow up a bit and be more careful in the future, without being integrated into the criminal community - I have no evidence to back it up but I can't help thinking you're far more likely to be a persistent offender after 18 months inside, than 3.
Better still, throw him off the roof.Comment
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Originally posted by Churchill View PostBollocks, this kid has f*cked his own life up good and proper, no-one made him throw the extinguisher, hang the bastard out to dry.
Better still, throw him off the roof.What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Originally posted by RichardCranium View PostHe managed to miss a stationary line of coppers and an entire crowd of students.
Seems good enough for the British athletics team to me.
It's just a shame someone'll be "doing the backstroke" and "putting their shot" up him during the 2012 Olympics.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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