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No.
Look at the US where some states have the death penalty. It doesn't discourage crime.
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Look at the US where some states have the death penalty. It doesn't discourage crime.
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In Transam's world the rule of law no longer exists.
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Think you are getting carried away with yourself. You need to calm yourself down and Think on...
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What a melt down. 
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There is nothing wrong with expressing an opinion. It was not abusive or a personal attack on any other poster.
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Correct. Plenty of scenarios where theft of a vehicle can be an aggravated offence. Not just sec 12A of the theft act. But perhaps targeting the person’s car due to the owner’s race or religion.
Another perspective in all this is that of the victims family.
There was a tv prog of families in the States that had family members who were murdered, with the perpetrator on death row and their time of execution nearing.
It was a very interesting and quite emotional watch. I think one of the families was keen to see the perpetrator executed, the other wasn't (possibly for religious reasons).
After both perpetrators were executed, the family that had wanted it to go ahead hadn't found any more peace, which they thought it (the execution) would bring.
Of course, that's not to say there wouldn't be families (perhaps the majority) that would want execution, however it was an interesting watch nevertheless.
There was a tv prog of families in the States that had family members who were murdered, with the perpetrator on death row and their time of execution nearing.
It was a very interesting and quite emotional watch. I think one of the families was keen to see the perpetrator executed, the other wasn't (possibly for religious reasons).
After both perpetrators were executed, the family that had wanted it to go ahead hadn't found any more peace, which they thought it (the execution) would bring.
Of course, that's not to say there wouldn't be families (perhaps the majority) that would want execution, however it was an interesting watch nevertheless.
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I watched one where the family watched him in the electric chair, they were screaming at the sight of the execution as it took two shocks to administer and pronounce him dead. Must admit it didn't seem to give them any peace, but then if you had a child murdered could you realistically ever find any peace
Very true.
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No need to explain your mistakes to me, you learnt something new and I gave you the lesson. Your response was this " Theft of cars is not an aggravated offence." you have since been schooled turned which your reply to this " You said car theft, not car jacking nor aggravated theft.Highwayman said "Car theft!
Car theft is not an aggravated offence.
It only becomes an aggravated offence if / when other factors and offences come into play, e.g dangerous driving, damage, etc.
So car theft is not an aggravated offence, per se, until it becomes an aggravated offence, i.e. other factors or offences, then it' becomes a more serious offence.
Now that I was able to explain the law to you, I hope you understand it better.
" but if you read what my post said, it stated "Violent offences such as agravated burglary and theft of cars etc" I didn't realise that you learning something new was such a difficult thing for you, I suggest that you pay more attention in future.No need to explain your mistakes to me, you learnt something new and I gave you the lesson. Your response was this " Theft of cars is not an aggravated offence." you have since been schooled turned which your reply to this " You said car theft, not car jacking nor aggravated theft.
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Pipe down Billy and stop repeating what I have schooled you in as if it is somehow you that has pointed this out. Get a grip on yourself as it is embarrassing to see. Just accept and move on.No-one disagrees with that, but car theft is not an aggravated offence until other factors are considered.
As you've said car theft can be an aggravated offence, but on its own, it's not.
There's different penalties for car theft, as I illustrated (up to 6 months prison) compared to aggravated car theft, i.e car theft plus other offences (up to 2 years prison).
So stop with the waffle. You're trying to defend the indefensible, again.
What? He stole my car because I'm a Muslim/Jew/British/Australian, etc.
How you gonna prove that?
Go on, set out the case for the prosecution. Let's all have a laugh.
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Keep it up Billy you are really contradicting yourself. Don't worry over my spelling just accept the lesson and read through the spelling mistakes, the outcome remains the same.I wasn't. If you thought I was it doesn't say much for your comprehension ability.
I wouldn't trust you, a convicted violent offender, to teach kindergarten kids.
Well you clearly understood that part. There's hope yet.
Oh no there's not. Clearly you're incapable of writing plain English.
And you think you're qualified to teach?
You're mixing up your quotes. I did say, "you said car theft, not car jacking nor aggravated theft.
You were the person that said, "car theft". You did not say "car jacking" nor "aggravated theft".
Even MBK knows that because he's been quoting the relevant law which differentiates between car theft and aggravated car theft.
I did read you post, and it did not say what you claimed. If you had wanted it to mean what you claim, you would have written "aggravated burglary, aggravated car theft, etc.". But you didn't. Mind you, you couldn't spell it correctly anyway. So maybe it was all down to your poor educational ability, that you were unable to express yourself succinctly.
You're doing your impersonation of a pigeon playing chess. You've lost, so you scatter all the pieces, crap on the board, and strut all over it as though you've won.