The Island

[toto80]

So I conjured up this idea of this island in my head today and asked a few close friends and family members about what they thought if it was put into effect.

The island would go as proposed: if you have committed a heinous or any other type of serious crime you can opt out of going to prison and be shipped to the Island. This island has nothing but trees and no source of food besides the ocean. The criminals are allowed to do whatever pleases them and there is no law whatsoever. The Island would be guarded by either the US Navy/Coast Guard or some type of LE agency that would patrol the waters and prevent escape.

A lot of people opposed the idea and said that it would be unethical to have people treated like animals because they would be able to kill, rape, etc without being prosecuted. I thought maybe it would be too leniant because the criminals could basically become friends and live in a little "paradise", but I figured they would run out of food soon enough.

I know its a rambling thought but what do you think...

[BaseballBabe]

I already live on an island patroled by the Coast Guard and the local Police Patrol. :p;)

[Jere]

This has already been done. The island is called Australia.

[cbr600_kitty]

Lol....the idea isnt novel....Ive thought that'd be a good solution before.....not realisitc of course....

[1042 Trooper]

I think it's a great idea - except I would mine the perimeter waters, and wish them well - no patrol necessary.

I would also supply them with a ton of hand grenades, handguns, shotguns, bazookas and claymores. I would toss in compound bows and arrows, knives and RPGs. And finally, a dozen chickens, cows and seeds for crops.

Send all American prisoners there and leav them. Seems fair enough.

[LA DEP]

Why waste that amount of money to send them to the island, when a 45acp round only costs 50 cents or so?

MUCH more cost effective......and the recidivism rate is right around zero.....

[Monkeybomb]

Wasn't that a movie with Ray Liota?

[cbr600_kitty]

Why waste that amount of money to send them to the island, when a 45acp round only costs 50 cents or so?

MUCH more cost effective......and the recidivism rate is right around zero.....

Haha but then there's no entertainment value! :p

[LA DEP]

Haha but then there's no entertainment value! :p

Well, THAT depends on where you put that round, now doesnt it?.....:eek:

[asullivan]

Why waste that amount of money to send them to the island, when a 45acp round only costs 50 cents or so?

MUCH more cost effective......and the recidivism rate is right around zero.....

Yea tha' idea been around awhile........

True story...... Was at a oral review with D.O.C...... I mentioned on tha "pro side', no recidivism for the penalty of death.....

I swear, Tha Sgt. looked like he had no Idea what I was talk'in about...:eek:

Maybe he was pull'in ole' Triggers and ma' leg......:confused:

[BaldOldWhiteGuy]

No, no, no...

Make the island a real life survivor, and make it pay-per-view. Use the money to fund PD's.

When a person fails a test or gets voted "off," they get fed to the sharks. In the alternative, they could be forced to live in Jersey.

[asullivan]

Well now that ya' put it that way Officer.....

Does sound kinda fun.....Hell Trigger liked it...

Good enough fer me..:)

But Sharks???? Gotta brain scan em... Find out what thar' most inner deep fear is.....:eek:

Thats what tha trolls did, to me when i get banned from tha O.....


Takes big nutzoides ta survive that!!!:)

Then Ya' skin em alive, like I do trolls........ Put on your detective hat on on find tha thread....... Just like tha' light at you feet!!!:eek:

Tha Admiral,
Alex sully" Sullivan

FA.O.COM CNC

[Bushranger]

This has already been done. The island is called Australia.

Hey, I resemble that remark. Seriously though you are partly correct. Your island was used first until some damned colonials in the Americas decided to have a tea party because they didn't want to accept convicts or pay taxes any more and broke away from the Mother Country to make start their own country and develop their own form of the English language.

Here begins a condensed history lesson. At that time, the country of Australia did not exist, convicts were later sent to the colony of New South Wales, then later to the colonies of Van Diemens Land (later Tasmania), Norfolk Island and so on.

Australia came into existence as a nation in 1901 when the colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia federated to form the Commonwealth of Australia and those colonies then became states. Later the territories of the Australian Capital Territory, which also administered Australian territories, and the Northerrn Territory came into existence

As a side note, Australia is one of the very few nations to have a constant stable system of government and that has been a result of Australia not experiencing any form internal revolution, civil war, or warlike conflict. With the exception of the Japanese conducting raids on our country during WW2, all conflicts in which Australia has been involved have been overseas beginning with the Boer War until now with our soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan and other UN military missions. Prior to Federation each individual colony provided troops to foriegn wars such as the Moari Wars in New Zealand, the Sudan, etc.

Isn't Haiti of interest to the US? If so, why not grant US citizenship to the natives, relocate them to mainland US and send your crims there!:rolleyes:

[Highwaylaw]

You could call it "Club Dread" :)

[Napsack]

Or we could just build a wall around new york and send in snake plisken when we have problems.

[Futurelaw89]

Thats what tha trolls did, to me when i get banned from tha O.....

You've gotten banned before?! :eek:

*EDIT* I DID put in some work and found the quite remarkable experience of "Brannded" :eek:


By the way, I kind of like BaldOldWhiteGuy's PPV approach :D





Futurelaw89

[Sense0Purpose1]

You stole the idea from the Inuit!

[deputync]

This has already been done. The island is called Australia.

+1

[mdrdep]

Funny I thought this was going to be about my last unit of assignment :D


Interesting tidbit though

http://australian-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/convict_transportation

The sentence was called transportation, as recorded below by a fellow that tried to assasinate Queen Victoria


Further attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria occurred between May and July 1842. First, on 29 May at St. James's Park, John Francis fired a pistol at the Queen while she was in a carriage, but was immediately seized by Police Constable William Trounce. Francis was convicted of high treason. The death sentence was commuted to transportation for life.

[katseiye]

Funny I thought this was going to be about my last unit of assignment :D


Interesting tidbit though

http://australian-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/convict_transportation

The sentence was called transportation, as recorded below by a fellow that tried to assasinate Queen Victoria


Further attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria occurred between May and July 1842. First, on 29 May at St. James's Park, John Francis fired a pistol at the Queen while she was in a carriage, but was immediately seized by Police Constable William Trounce. Francis was convicted of high treason. The death sentence was commuted to transportation for life.

Always wondered where the term Trounced on came from.

[Nobody]

Or we could just build a wall around new york and send in snake plisken when we have problems.

http://www.tccommentary.com/dapics/escapefromnewyork1.jpg

[stormz5192]

No, no, no...

Make the island a real life survivor, and make it pay-per-view. Use the money to fund PD's.

When a person fails a test or gets voted "off," they get fed to the sharks. In the alternative, they could be forced to live in Jersey.

Better stay outta Jersey. We are fiercely loyal to the Garden State. Don't know why, but we are. North, Central and South Jersey are almost completely different states. North and South, more so.


As far as the idea, George Carlin did an entire rant on the subject, even mentioning pay per view.