tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19955853.post7191934525025854203..comments2023-10-30T14:11:00.298+00:00Comments on The Great Simpleton: Official charged over lost secretsSimon Fawthrophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07519464855839416009noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19955853.post-70401623132879771232008-09-29T11:18:00.000+00:002008-09-29T11:18:00.000+00:00Yup. This is part of a theory I am working on that...Yup. This is part of a theory I am working on that in an authoritarian state, the ratio of severity-of-punishment to enormity-of-crime gets inverted, e.g.<BR/><BR/>bankrupt the country, invade Iraq = get of Scot free<BR/>stab somebody = community sentence<BR/>leave your dustbin out a day early = £500 fine.<BR/><BR/>Like most libertarian Ukippers, the 'authoritarian' wing of the party discomforts me ever so slightly, but looking at it as I do, they are not really authoritarian at all, as they would like to reinstate the old system where the punishment is proportional to the crime, rather than being inversely proportional.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com