Nigerian Jailed for being idle

Chessman


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Message Posted:
17/10/2008 14:28

Is there a segment of the UK (or any other country!) you would like apply this to?



http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20081017/twl-nigerian-jailed-for-being-idle-41f21e0.html

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
17/10/2008 16:20

He should go to the UK. Then he won't have to work and he'll get paid for not working!

Coachie



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Message Posted:
17/10/2008 16:53

chessman ..definately agree with the sentance. should have that here....

Chessman


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Message Posted:
17/10/2008 17:04

No 1 Doyen/Coachie.



Something like this illustrates the huge difference in country's cultures, I guess. I wonder what sentence a Nigerian gets for Internet fraud? Purely for comparitive purposes!

Coachie



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Message Posted:
17/10/2008 17:42

chessman ...they probably deem him to be "working"...

ilovecyprus


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Message Posted:
17/10/2008 19:40

great thread chessman. it's a mad crazy old world

Chessman


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Message Posted:
17/10/2008 22:46

Coachie - nice one, made me laugh!



ILC - it certainly is. I wonder which culture, if any, has got it right!

Coachie



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Posts: 2135

Message Posted:
17/10/2008 23:06

chessman... they sometimes refer to these arabic and african countries as being "barbaric" because of the punishments they dish out.One thing is for sure if you know that you are going to loose your hand if you steal something then you have to be amoron to do it. Same as the nigerian bloke,I bet all his mates who were sitting around with him are frantically looking for ajob...Something to said for being a bit barbaric.Wish we had some of it in our legal system.Our problem is we have too many do gooders in our society!!!!!

no1doyen


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Message Posted:
17/10/2008 23:08

coachie, definately agree.

Chessman


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Message Posted:
18/10/2008 16:35

Coachie, absolutely agree mate.

Kitty1


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Message Posted:
18/10/2008 16:44

I've only just seen this thread, so I am a little late in commenting...



I agree with you guys, a decent deterrent is the only way of preventing most people committing crimes, shirking work, fiddling the system etc.



The softly-softly-let's-hug-the-hoodie approach will only really help a very small minority, and I am a firm believer that often you have to be cruel to be kind.

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
19/10/2008 09:08

Having spent some time in Nigeria, I'd say if idleness is now a jailable offence, they need to start building LOTS of new prisons.