Fair enough, the whole point of the prison system is to rehabilitate people who commit a crime to hopefully minimise the risk that they’ll commit crimes in the future, and return them to the world to be a net positive benefit to society from there on out.
If we lived in a world country where we assumed criminals could never be rehabilitated and would simply continue to commit crimes after their time in custody, why even keep them alive wasting time and resources? That system would benefit from simply executing all criminals on the spot.
Which would be insane.
Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
I mean to be fair, that’s how prison is supposed to work. Rehabilitate the person so after, they’re fit to become a normal member of society again.
Of course, that’s only the theory of a few enlightened people…
Bonifratz@piefed.zip 1 day ago
I agree this is how prison should work. However, in my opinion this is not how driver’s licenses should work. I think it should be possible to forfeit any chance of ever driving again.
binarytobis@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Roughly agree.
Loosely related, I’ve been thinking recently that we really need to make it harder to get and keep a license. I’ve noticed a lot of absolutely terrible drivers don’t even realize they are driving badly. If they had to, say, pass a driving test every 3-5 years then someone would tell them exactly what they are doing wrong, and keep them from the streets until they fix it.
Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I wouldn’t quite agree. Sure, a car can be used as a weapon, but that’s not its primary function. I’m not aware of the exact case, but if prison rehabilitated him in a way that he no longer uses a car as a weapon, I really see no reason why he shouldn’t get a driving license. Unfortunate as it may be, not being able to have a car is a severe disadvantage in a lot of areas.
I would agree with you if it was about a gun license. Having a gun is only useful as a weapon.
Pringles@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
That is exactly how it should work and not nearly enough people recognize that. It’s part of the social contract: You break the rules, you get punished. After the punishment, you are a full member of society again.
Otherwise you just get punished again and that should not be the case.