If We Never Punished Anybody for Anything

LDC: California ...lesser punishment for low-level offenders would enhance public safety....

To fully extrapolate that idea, if we never punished anybody for anything, then, everyone should be perfectly safe. Obama's theory of handling ISIS, apparently.

D'j'ever notice that some people have Theories about Life which tend to be exactly the opposite of Reality?

D'j'ever notice that they tend to drift into positions where Reality doesn't intrude, like academia and politics?