Sycamore Gap Morons

[legoman]

Wouldn't a long stretch of very visible community service do this better than sticking them in a prison, where most people would have forgotten about them after a few months?

Perhaps they could be assigned to spend a long time helping with the wall and the replacement tree that has been planted, alongside other community service work?

I do agree with you here.

However, I recall watching a drama a year or so back starring Sean Bean who played a bloke imprisoned for a serious motoring offence. If real prison life was anything like it was portrayed then that should be enough to deter anyone from finding themselves there. My point being, if we want to promote a society where the majority can go about their business without the fear of being assaulted or have their car nicked or house burgled then we must have punishments severe enough to act as a deterrent; otherwise we risk a descent into anarchy.

 

[Neath_Jack]

I do agree with you here.

However, I recall watching a drama a year or so back starring Sean Bean who played a bloke imprisoned for a serious motoring offence. If real prison life was anything like it was portrayed then that should be enough to deter anyone from finding themselves there. My point being, if we want to promote a society where the majority can go about their business without the fear of being assaulted or have their car nicked or house burgled then we must have punishments severe enough to act as a deterrent; otherwise we risk a descent into anarchy.

And if we fill prisons with people who are peacefully protesting or cutting trees down, there will be no room for those that commit violent assaults, house burglars etc.

 

[Andrew - North Hill]

They should be made to empty then clean the portable bogs after Glastonbury for the next 5 years. Or scrape pigeon shit off public buildings. That's what offenders like this should be doing. Not jail time.

 

[Pegojack]

They should be made to empty then clean the portable bogs after Glastonbury for the next 5 years. Or scrape pigeon shit off public buildings. That's what offenders like this should be doing. Not jail time.

Now that my initial anger has cooled down, I tend to agree with you, plus they should suffer a financial penalty.

 

[Darran]

They should be made to empty then clean the portable bogs after Glastonbury for the next 5 years. Or scrape pigeon shit off public buildings. That's what offenders like this should be doing. Not jail time.

Do you need to empty the portable bogs at Glastonbury these days then?
You never had to when I used to go they just filled the hole back in with the huge tump of earth next to the bogs that they’d dug out to make the bogs in the first place.

Serious question.

 

[Andrew - North Hill]

Do you need to empty the portable bogs at Glastonbury these days then?
You never had to when I used to go they just filled the hole back in with the huge tump of earth next to the bogs that they’d dug out to make the bogs in the first place.

Serious question.

No idea, but I would assume that with H&S rules these days the portaloos must be dealt with a bit more hygienically than that

 

[Darran]

No idea, but I would assume that with H&S rules these days the portaloos must be dealt with a bit more hygienically than that

Fuck me kids today don’t know they’re born.

 

[Neath_Jack]

Do you need to empty the portable bogs at Glastonbury these days then?
You never had to when I used to go they just filled the hole back in with the huge tump of earth next to the bogs that they’d dug out to make the bogs in the first place.

Serious question.

You’re on about the long drops doubt they do them anymore. Saying that, the portaloos there are fucking vile as well.

 

[legoman]

And if we fill prisons with people who are peacefully protesting or cutting trees down, there will be no room for those that commit violent assaults, house burglars etc.

Agreed, and I'm not suggesting these particular idiots should serve jail time, just that punishment should be severe and visible

 

[Darran]

You’re on about the long drops doubt they do them anymore. Saying that, the portaloos there are fucking vile as well.

Aye probably. Great idea I thought dig a huge hole and then fill it in.

 

[CygnusX1]

They should be made to empty then clean the portable bogs after Glastonbury for the next 5 years. Or scrape pigeon shit off public buildings. That's what offenders like this should be doing. Not jail time.

Yep. And clearing fat-burgs in the sewers. Get them doing all the crap jobs. (Pun intended)

 

[jack123]

I’m quite surprised some of you mention community service! These absolute goons, knew exactly what they were doing, to fell a tree of absolute beauty, is totally repulsive. And they need the maximum sentence.

This is not some student prank, to travel that far, and pre planned.

For me, the maximum sentence is appropriate.

 

[Neath_Jack]

I’m quite surprised some of you mention community service! These absolute goons, knew exactly what they were doing, to fell a tree of absolute beauty, is totally repulsive. And they need the maximum sentence.

This is not some student prank, to travel that far, and pre planned.

For me, the maximum sentence is appropriate.

Not like you to swim against the tide

 

[jack123]

Not like you to swim against the tide

Hmm. On this occasion, I don’t really think I am swimming against the tide. It’s totally abhorrent what they have done.

These goons are not some drunken student types, which could maybe explained by being actual drunk. Oh no they drove miles, actually sober to do the deed.

How old is the main offender 40 plus? Chuck away the key. I wouldn’t mind five minutes with the gits.

 

[Neath_Jack]

Hmm. On this occasion, I don’t really think I am swimming against the tide. It’s totally abhorrent what they have done.

These goons are not some drunken student types, which could maybe explained by being actual drunk. Oh no they drove miles, actually sober to do the deed.

How old is the main offender 40 plus? Chuck away the key. I wouldn’t mind five minutes with the gits.

Nobody thinks what they’ve done isn’t abhorrent, a pair of absolute shitheads. But, you don’t send someone to an already overcrowded prison for donkeys years for it, give them a record community service order, tag them and fine them.

You bashing them up would make you worse than them mun. Assault is a far worse crime than cutting down a tree, come on now.