An amusing case of rationality failure: Stockwell Day, a longstanding albatross around Canada’s neck, says that more prisons need to be built because of an ‘increase in unreported crime.’
As my brother-in-law amusingly noted on FB, quite apart from whether the actual claim is true (no evidence is forthcoming), unless these unreported crimes are leading to unreported trials and unreported incarcerations, it’s not clear why we would need more prisons.
An amusing case of rationality failure: Stockwell Day, a longstanding albatross around Canada’s neck, says that more prisons need to be built because of an ‘increase in unreported crime.’
As my brother-in-law amusingly noted on FB, quite apart from whether the actual claim is true (no evidence is forthcoming), unless these unreported crimes are leading to unreported trials and unreported incarcerations, it’s not clear why we would need more prisons.