[mrmistoffelees]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Absolutely right.

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I'm being pragmatic. What's the point in wasting public funds punishing someone who doesn't know they're being punished? They won't learn anything from it and, from their point of view with their diseased mind, it will be no different to them being kept in a hospital. Society won't get it's pound of flesh by way of revenge- he will have no idea what's happening to him.

Because there is such a shortage of prison spaces, it would be far better to use his place for someone who is aware that incarceration is a result of their crimes.

It's a shame that you've defaulted to your usual posting style, I was thinking that we were having a mature and calm debate. Don't forget that you have a 50% chance of developing dementia and you will be in exactly the same position as this offender- imprisoned in your own mind.

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It's more about being pragmatic. Nobody will gain from putting him in prison, but the taxpayer will lose out and someone (possibly a paedophile) who will appreciate the punishment being dished out will probably get a suspended sentence, tagged etc instead due to the shortage of spaces.

Disability or not, you need to take a long, long hard look at yourself.