You filthy goddamn genius <| sep |> I ' d rather continue to follow sports and masturbate in private . <| sep |> This is why you don ' t always save money buying the store brand . <| sep |> Right or wrong the idea of a ' ratchetingup ' of minimum sentencing for serious crimes definitely could be effective if done right . The main problem with the way it is applied now in the case of these three strikes rules , is it is a bit too simplistic . Basing the whole thing around a simple tally of crimes done in a certain category is a bit arbitrary , considering there can be a vast difference in seriousness between threestrikers . But I can see the other side too . Resources only go so far and developing a complicated legal framework for mandatory minimum sentencing . Complicated combinations or rules could easily blow out and make it expensive to implement . Three strikes keeps it clean and understandable .