alexmbrennan

alexmbrennan t1_jb0377k wrote

>One big point of all of this is that people who would otherwise be productive members of society

But could they be productive members of society?

If they cannot restrain themselves from taking illegal drugs that come with a significant prison sentence then I don't want them making my burger because food safety rules need to be followed and they have already demonstrated that they are not capable of following rules.

>societal point of incarceration and keeping track of convictions is to limit people who would negatively impact the rest of society from doing so.

If you cannot follow rules then you will negatively impact society. It doesn't matter if it's the speed limit, food safety or fire codes - if you break the rules then people can die.

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