optimist crime
Sat Jul 28 23:52:38 EDT 2018
I just heard an interviewer ask an ex-convict whether he was an optimist.
Pessimists don't commit crimes; they think they'll get caught.
Similarly, severe sentences are not an effective deterrent. They might deter people who think they will/might get caught, but people who think they will get caught don't intentionally commit the crimes.
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I just heard an interviewer ask an ex-convict whether he was an optimist.
Pessimists don't commit crimes; they think they'll get caught.
Similarly, severe sentences are not an effective deterrent. They might deter people who think they will/might get caught, but people who think they will get caught don't intentionally commit the crimes.
[This entry was originally posted as https://syntonic-comma.dreamwidth.org/1007312.html on Dreamwidth (where there are
comments).]