Hooligans should not be punished so harsh as is being done now. ~Opinions~

Hooligans should not be punished so harsh as is being done now.

Nowadays in the Netherlands the government actively prosecutes hooligans, they have to pay high fine’s, get community service or sometimes even jail time. In some cases I can agree with thins but the striking point which is absolutely ridiculous to me is that they are shown on national television. Their faces and when the police knows their name they will also tell the entire country about it.

This last point is a method of the police they don’t even use when an ‘ordinary’ murder has been committed. So while murderers and rapists stay unknown, some hooligans are being shown to the country and presented like they are wild animals.

Every weekend I go to the match of the local football club and I know some boys from our firm and they are very normal people, sometimes they are taken by their emotions and do something stupid.

But should we take away the privacy of those people instead of the privacy of murderers and rapists?

I think that we are solving the problem of hooliganism on the wrong way. Now hooligans meet on the day before the match so we’re not even solving the problem, but just moving it instead.

How do you all feel about the measures the Dutch government has taken against hooligans?

I’m looking forward to your opinions!