Rudd-y hell, dark web! Amber alert! UK Home Sec is on the war path for stealthy cyber-crims Britain's Home Secretary Amber Rudd has launched a crackdown on criminals who exploit the dark web. As part of a £9m fund, law enforcement’s response will be ramped up to tackle those who use the darker recesses of the web for illegal activities, such as the selling of firearms, drugs, malware and people. More than £5m will …
Excellent point. I would love to see a government that would use a harm reduction strategy when it comes to crimes relating to what people do with their bodies. Putting drugs in your body or selling it for sex might not be the best idea, but as long as you're not causing harm to others you shouldn't be going to jail. Tackle these things as a health issue, make it easier for people to get help without worrying about getting in trouble and you'd be doing more good than locking them up.
Tackle these things as a health issue, make it easier for people to get help
I refer the honourable gentlebeing to the effect known as "The Daily Mail headline". As in: "no minister will want to propose anything that will lead to screaming headlines in the Mail/Express/Sun".
So, "flog 'em and then hang them" goes on because that's easier and cheaper than actually doing something about social health issues and it keeps the mouthbreathers that read those rags happy because "something is being done".
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