The only folks for whom house arrest isn't a punishment are those who live in palaces with attached infinity pools and golf courses.
(Silvio Berlusconi fought off the inevitable guilty verdict until he aged past Italy's 70 year old limit for prison: then he served two years under house arrest—in his bunga-bunga mansion.)
@cstross well, i've definitely known people for whom the stay in house orders for covid were a dream come true. read all the books! talk to none of the humans!
@quinn Yes, but the happy shut-ins are generally less likely to go out and about engaging in behaviour likely to pull a custodial sentence of any kind! They're too busy reading all the books and wearing out the sofa cushions.
@cstross fair, fair, but when they do maybe some light hacking here and there, can't say i know of anyone who did that, and then pray for house confinement, even without computer, over having to talk to people 😂
@rubinjoni He wasn't the only one who was collecting kompromat. It's not just a Russian thing, it's standard practice in politics; the Whips' Offices in the House of Commons are believed to have spent decades collecting blackmail material on MPs and ministers to keep them in line, for example.
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