The Glade 4.0

I'm not against caning and such either, actually, although most Americans would probably balk at the idea.
We've had a few judges over the years try some alternative sentencing...I remember reading stories here and there about things like a judge sentencing a person to stand outside the store they shoplifted from and wear a big sign that says "I'm a shoplifter" or something like that.
I do truly believe that public humiliation for these lesser crimes is a much bigger deterrent than fines or jail time.

Oh, and what about that state that put all their prisoners in tents to do day labor and stuff...no TV or AC or other luxuries...what ever happened with that?

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Bring back chain gangs.

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."

I disagree. This is the fault of the individual not society.
Preventive measures to ensure health- individual
Seeking available treatment (which was free and available) when an issue is discovered (chest protrusion)- individual.
Committing a crime while also talking about how you're working the system and going to retire to a condo on Myrtle beach - individual.

If he has the money to retire to a condo on Myrtle beach, he can afford to pay the reduced price he'd be charged at the clinics. He is stealing from every one of us. I hope the teller files a civil lawsuit and he loses his retirement funding.

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A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. ~ John Stuart Mill

Always having accessible health care is more important to achieving socioeconomic mobility, "equality of opportunity," and freedom in general than accessible education.

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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I'll see your absurd fiat declaration, and raise you. The earth is made of blue legos.

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

It was accessable. It was free. He just needed to put forth the effort to obtain it.

If I'm unemployed and I have a protrusion out of my chest, I am going to sell assets, seek charitable programs, barter etc to ensure my health. He did not. He refused assistance from his family to "not be a burden". Now he is a burden to the rest of us. Feel free to hold a bucket at an intersection for the Guy, but don't pretend he is a victim.

You do not, and have never had the right to health care. You can not demand a service of another. There are many organizations near him who were more than willing to assist him for free or a reduced cost. He decided to commit a crime to achieve what he could have for free. I was hoping his state had a statute that prevented a criminal from profiting from a crime. The prison shouldbonly have the responsibility to MAINTAIN the prisoner. Not repair him. Not give him a sex change(can't wait for the person to commit a crime for reassignment surgery). They should return him to society in the same condition they got him. Feed him. Clothe him. Give him a sheltered place to sleep for his sentance. If he wants to have healthcare beyond maintenance then he needs to pony up on the same terms he could have gotten without being a criminal.

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A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. ~ John Stuart Mill

How is that more drastic? In both cases, he's depriving others of the fruits of their labor. By leeching off the prison system, he's just spreading it out over more people.

He didn't rob $1 from a bank. He's robbing $.50 from everybody in the state.

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"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades