Originally Posted by harlond

What makes people think lifetime bans will work? They hang people in Malaysia for using drugs, but people still do it. In the U.S., hundreds of thousands of people have been put in jail, thousands for life, for using and selling drugs, and people just keep doing it. Authorities are always increasing the severity of punishment for offenses on the promise it will reduce occurrence and they'll keep on doing it forever--if it worked, you'd think there would come a point when they didn't have to do it anymore, but there never does. Makes me think people who propose lifetime bans are more interested in revenge than deterrence.