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<p>[QUOTE="NOS, post: 3899185, member: 2098"]I'd say just your everyday run-of-the-mill yokels who are devoid of any critical thought about the matter made those comments on the Yahoo comment board. I don't believe I have, no. And that is because those on here or other collector-type venues tend to have a greater understanding of history and context about this kind of thing than your average uncultured hack who just sees or thinks of things on a denotative (surface) level.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the rapists and who gets how much time for what, large sentencing imbalances exist for many crimes just the same in the U.K. as they do in the states. For example, a woman in Texas was given a five-year sentence for unintentional voter fraud yet in the same state a guy kills four people from driving drunk and gets sentenced to less than two years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Specific to the sentences of the rapists and the treasure thieves, I will say that the sentences for both crimes are too light. The treasure thieves' sentences are too light for destroying history for the rest of time for future generations and the rapists' sentences too light for the abhorrent violation of another.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="NOS, post: 3899185, member: 2098"]I'd say just your everyday run-of-the-mill yokels who are devoid of any critical thought about the matter made those comments on the Yahoo comment board. I don't believe I have, no. And that is because those on here or other collector-type venues tend to have a greater understanding of history and context about this kind of thing than your average uncultured hack who just sees or thinks of things on a denotative (surface) level. Regarding the rapists and who gets how much time for what, large sentencing imbalances exist for many crimes just the same in the U.K. as they do in the states. For example, a woman in Texas was given a five-year sentence for unintentional voter fraud yet in the same state a guy kills four people from driving drunk and gets sentenced to less than two years. Specific to the sentences of the rapists and the treasure thieves, I will say that the sentences for both crimes are too light. The treasure thieves' sentences are too light for destroying history for the rest of time for future generations and the rapists' sentences too light for the abhorrent violation of another.[/QUOTE]
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