2006-08-28 17:26:18 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yes, I thing it would...I mean, if you told your child that if they stole something from the store that they were going to get their armed chopped off and even point out a couple of people with a few missing arms....yeah, you can bet they would NEVER steal anything.
2006-08-28 17:32:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
The crimes would be just more brutal.
It'd be nice to think so ... I certainly think all pedophiles and the like should have their winkies de-winkied.
But public tyranny is mostly a non-productive and doesn't really get results, even as a crime deterrent.
2006-08-29 00:52:40 · answer #2 · answered by wrathofkublakhan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey - just murdering a few (!) women at Salem & no-one's had much of a problem with witchcraft since then, have they ?
(except maybe shannon Doherty).
Sometimes the punishment is a worse crime than the "crime" they are being punished for.
2006-08-29 00:36:39 · answer #3 · answered by dryheatdave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diminish is the word your searching for, just think of this your in a store you want to steal these cookies, a thought passes through your brain, what would I rather have these 12 Oreo cookies or my right hand, now you answer your question?
2006-08-29 00:31:31 · answer #4 · answered by Michael 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let's give a trial run and see. If we have a bunch of one armed thieves or headless child molesters still running around after a year, we go back to the old methods.
2006-08-29 00:30:14 · answer #5 · answered by Woody 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes most definitely. And if we beheaded everyone they would even go down much more.
2006-08-29 00:44:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, they would not. In fact they would increase. A few hundred years ago England hanged children for shoplifting, but the practice continued unabated.
2006-08-29 00:33:06 · answer #7 · answered by bigjohn B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doubtful.
2006-08-29 00:29:25 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no; it's been proven over and over that the punishments do not deter crime, be it life in prison or beheading!
2006-08-29 00:30:40 · answer #9 · answered by Joey's Back 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they would. Castration should have been introduced decades ago for convicted rapist. Our society punishments may be to soft.
2006-08-29 00:30:29 · answer #10 · answered by sincerely, see me 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋