Quote Originally Posted by BigBear View Post
I think we are TOO lax in our punishments. I like the "old law" way of dealing with things.

You kill someone intentionally, we kill you.
You rob/steal, we cut off your hands.
etc.
Just to respectively disagree: that's what they do in shit holes like Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. We're better than that. While I agree our legal system is too lax in general, turning it into some fundamentalist horror show is not the answer.

Pounding big rocks into little rocks everyday of your life till your sentence is up (if ever) is fine with me. No college degrees, no tv, no conjugal visits, no pumping iron till you're so big it takes a small army to wrestle you down, no fancy meals or medical care, no early parole. That life is fitting for most crimes and if we make a mistake at least some how it can be remedied and you can live what life you have left. Look at what's happening in TX if you think innocent people aren't convicted.

And as for the original tread: Break China's rules, pay China's price. If you don't agree with their punishments, don't do the crime in their country. I'm just glad we don't live in that shithole either.