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Originally Posted by Chris
The public is safer not because Gilmour is off the streets, but because a spell behind bars is a very, very big deal to most of the people who might be tempted to behave as he did in future protests. The fact that you can get a significant prison sentence for it will make it less likely that some of those people will try to tear up our capital city the next time they wish to express a grievance.
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Do you think the same applies to Francis Fernie?
And how does that compare to the violence we see in city centres on the weekend, perpetrated by people who are (to my mind) far more likely to re-offend, because it's just part of a night out?