I can certainly agree with you to some degree.
Laws help bind society together, so someone who breaks the law is, in effect, rejecting that society.
The question then becomes, what do we do to those who have rejected society?
Right - I’m off for a lie down, having actually agreed with @Klopptimist on something in the politics thread.
That’s pretty much the idea behind custodial sentences. I’m assuming that the Estonian thing is a stop-gap.
The only problem that I can see is whether it affects rehabilitation. Prison visits are intended to provide a positive support network once they are paroled, and I would image that would be difficult given the distance. I suppose that there are always Zoom calls.
Lock them up with @Klopptimist
2 birds one stone?
Bolt gun?
I know which one I would prefer.
careful where you send them…in a few years theyll be kicking your arses in the cricket…
I took public buses and trams around the CBD and some suburbs in Melbourne and found it ok most of the time, Sydney was similar to me but overall, the coverage is just probably not enough still for people to give up cars or even planes totally I feel.
Just a question has Australia or UK (as this thread is disguised as the Canadian one), considered more modern high speed trains for travel between cities to cities? ( I know UK has some lines which are fast but is not very widespread?) I suppose environmental concerns are one considering it needs land.
A lot can be done over zoom, the challenge ultimately most business at its heart relies upon trust and building relationships. Its very easy to blag your way through a remote call. Within the first couple of minutes in person though I can figure out if I trust them.
My old company once did research with a high-tech software company in Portugal. On their websites it showed flashy photos and a professional looking team. Long story short, due to legal action I had to fly over to their premises, and take possession of some R&D.
After arriving at the airport, I gave the address to the taxi driver and he started taking me and a lawyer down residential streets. We ended up in at a suburban house (no indication it was a business). About 7 or 8 people were working out of this house. Photos on the website were staff posed outside flashy buildings in the town. Each bedroom of the house was used as an office! Thats just about acceptable…however the company were such amateurs that wifi didnt even reach the bedrooms on the top floor (where we were working with them). 
I learnt nothing can beat face to face interaction.
Hand-to-hand combat only, fight to the death.
They’re. Not. All. The. Same.
I love the convergence of sleaze in this story. It’s a simple, perfect illustration of why all Tories are cunts.
Not saying that, but face to face there are a range of cues that often dont translate remotely (gestures, body language, eye contact etc).
From a handshake, to the shoes someone wears can make an impression.
Often you will know when someone is lying or you dont trust them, because your gut tells you. If you were to try pinpoint why you know, its very difficult to explain. Same with sensing danger. Sometimes you know before the danger is evident.
Approx 55% of our communication is nonverbal, and a lot of that is missed on a zoom call.
Travel broadens the mind.
I have travelled extensively and am very grateful for the experience. It has been eye opening and enriching.
I certainly wouldn’t want to condemn others to a life spent within one suburb. Of course, we need to find cleaner, less destructive forms of transport, but we shouldn’t give up on it.
I think people have been assuming that Boris Johnson’s appointments to the Lords have merely been nepotism or the like. It looks like they are actually stooges.
The Uranium thing is interesting. I saw am article ages ago saying that new nuclear plants make no economic, security or environmental sense. It’s interesting if they are being pushed by foul means rather than fair.
Interesting. Do you have a link?
I saw sonething the other week where using spent fuel as an energy source had massive potential. It almost felt like one of those possible technological leaps that was ignored because the market said so.
I think it was in an Economist article. I’ll see if I can find it unpaywalled.
It’s curious what has happened in Germany since they decommissioned the last of their nuclear plants. I thought it was a stupid idea, but it appears to be increasing the move away from coal.
Only if you use a polluting form of transport.
Walking, cycling, sailing etc don’t damage the planet any more than any other human activity.
Just delete all humans, really.
Ok, stay at home and kill yourself then 
I couldn’t find the original article, but this appears to be the same research.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435123002817