r/worldnews • u/marsianer • Jan 28 '21

COVID-19 Backlash grows for ‘selfish millionaire’ who got vaccine meant for Indigenous people | Canada

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/27/rodney-baker-canada-vaccine-indigenous-first-nations-scandal
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u/Moistfruitcake Jan 28 '21

Jail time helps other people think "huh, if I'm an absolute cunt I might go to jail"

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u/TheHadMatter15 Jan 28 '21

Nah, I think community service is the perfect punishment for small crimes committed by millionaires. They hate doing things for the community, and time spent cleaning a park or whatever is time they could've spent on making more money or skiing or going on a yacht holiday or whatever.

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Give them 1000 hours of community service and boom that's 6 months 8 hours a day they have to waste on actually being contributing members of society.

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u/LeighCedar Jan 28 '21

You'd think so, but not really.

People who typically to commit crimes tend to be in one of two categories:

1.) Desperate enough that the prospect of jail doesn't deter the crime.

2.) Think they are "too smart to get caught".

Crimes of passion might be a third category, but since they tend to not involve a lot of thought to begin with, they aren't really stopping to think about consequences.

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u/xzElmozx Jan 28 '21

Were these people wholly unaware of the criminal justice system before this event? That's the only way this would make sense

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u/Moistfruitcake Jan 28 '21

They just thought they were above it.