On the subject of prison sentences or not and I am not into the rights or wrong of the case merely the result that has happened in the context of this dare I say discussion.
The lady convicted in Bali of drug smuggling who has been given the death penalty her mind and I suspect a few others has been really focused. The ultimate deterrent to all reasonable human beings is unfortunately death. Will it answer the problems discussed in this thread I very much doubt it, we are dealing with bullies and thugs who prey on the weak and the term reasonable human being does not apply to them. Is there an answer I don't think so thugs and bullies have always prayed on the weak since the beginning of time, it is part of a humans make up, if you look objectively at people you can see these traits surface in various forms, I once worked for a boss in a big organisation who was a complete B*****D, he got to me so much that I turned on him, pointed out whilst i had him by the throat that his behaviour was unacceptable to me, we became good friends after that as he realised he had overstepped the mark with me, but he still bullied other people as he saw it as part of his job as being a boss, he was a lovely man when you got to know him, but the bully thug part of his make up in a certain condition surfaced
Keith