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[Gatefan1976]

Is that like serving your sentence, and still being treated as less than human?

[Annoyed]

Is there a stigma attached to a history of crime? Or course. Over time, in most cases, behaving yourself long enough will allow it to be forgotten.
Is that stigma likely to go away completely? No.

Yet another reason to avoid being a criminal.

[Gatefan1976]

Is there a stigma attached to a history of crime? Or course. Over time, in most cases, behaving yourself long enough will allow it to be forgotten.
Is that stigma likely to go away completely? No.

So, it's not the loony toon system then, Just the loony toon people.

Yet another reason to avoid being a criminal.

Nah, just a good reason to be in charge of making the laws.
Or not get caught.

[Falcon Horus]

Be a good criminal - don't get caught!

[Gatefan1976]

A smooth criminal?

[Annoyed]

Why all the sympathy for criminals around here?

[Falcon Horus]

Why all the sympathy for criminals around here?

Must be that out-law bad boy/girl appeal...
Or all the bling! Money makes the world go round.

[pookey]

Thats two songs stuck in ma head, thanks guys

[Annoyed]

Must be that out-law bad boy/girl appeal...

I have NEVER understood that.

[Falcon Horus]

Thats two songs stuck in ma head, thanks guys

You're welcome!

[jelgate]

Why all the sympathy for criminals around here?

Most of us don't believe on a black or white world

[Gatefan1976]

Why all the sympathy for criminals around here?

Has anyone ever said criminals should not face the legal consequences of their actions?
You are mistaking the sympathy for fellow human beings as sympathy for criminals.

[aretood2]

Why all the sympathy for criminals around here?

For me, it's a Christian thing. We all make mistakes. Some of us follow down dark paths. But we all have the capacity to turn around and make up for our mistakes. It's about compassion and mercy. Justice without that is not much justice at all. If we are incapable of compassion or mercy, then we aren't truly just. It is also about self recognition. We are not perfect, we are all equally capable of doing wrong. And not all actions that are "wrong" come about because of malicious intent. That's the one area that Human law cannot account for. Thus the need for mercy and compassion.

[Coco Pops]

I have NEVER understood that.

Some women fall into the mistaken belief that they can "change them" so they get into relationships with these type of guys and then it all falls to pieces most of the time.

[Falcon Horus]

For the record, I have little sympathy for criminals. If you get caught, you do the time. It's that simple. And those that don't get caught, are just really lucky or have good lawyers.