trout Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Hah! I bet many of you thought this thread was going to be about Shetland! ...No, mearly a daft idea as I'm watching "No Escape" on channel 5 .. yes, I know!! and having a beer! Anyhow .. for those unfamiliar of this film - it runs in the same vein as Escape from New York, where in this case an island somewhere, instead of Manhattan Island, is used to send prisoners to... forever basically .. as there is is "No Escape" funilly enough! So.... the question is - how barbaric would it be to send "life sentenced" prisoners to an island such as one of the uninhabited Islands off Scotland per say, where they are there for life with no parole should they commit such heinous crimes such as murder, rape, etc. etc. ... and or anything else we as a civilised society saw fit to stick them there for!? They are there basically for ever to live among themselves and act out their own society! Now .. that would scare the piss out of me if I knew I was going to be sent to somewhere like that! Would you not think twice about committing an act of crime? It would also save all the millions of pounds wasted on todays "prison reform" system! ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 I think it would be a great idea as we would see the back of them, save loads of money and they have given up working by the rules of our society so let them all make their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 It would depend... if you were a hard-as-nails psycho, then you could probably become their king, kinda like a viking chief. You could then get organised and go on raiding missions to other communities for a rlaxing bit of R & P... and stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Dont think most of the morons that would be on the island could construct somthing that would be sea worthy, it would take a lot of bottles of Bucky lashed together to make a good raft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 I've nothing against the idea in principle, but considering the number of cock ups and false convictions our justice system has to it's "credit", I think you could only realistically consider it for repeat offending murderers, rapists, paedophiles etc, who'd been convicted of a second or more offense(s) that they'd committed after already completing a sentence for an identical crime. That said, the U.K. tried the idea once upon a time in history, and look at what happened, we got Australia. (No offense intended to Australians, I count Australians among both friends and a few distant relatives, and almost all Australians I have met have been thoroughly nice people....butttt....I don't think Australia 2006 as is, was part of Britannia's master plan when she established a penal colony). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 George Carlin has the greatest idea. www.jastewart.co.uk/PrisonStateFarms.mp3 Check it out, best idea ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 George Carlin has the greatest idea. www.jastewart.co.uk/PrisonStateFarms.mp3 Check it out, best idea ever. Yeah that was good.........thanks for pointing us towards it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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