Caranthir, sorry to confuse you. For your benefit I shall explain what I meant. When I wrote "evil players" or "good players" I actually meant players of evil characters or players of good characters. I can understand how you got confused. I shall try to be more clear in future.
I have not read this whole topic but I've skimmed it and I think I like the idea of the stocks the best. I know that playing a thief is too tough. deal with the consequnces of your actions is a stupid excuse. thievery is good roleplay why should they be punished. I think that 2 hours of the stocks is good maybe even 3 or 4. at least in the stocks you could talk to someone else and roleplay. Alos I wouldn't mind throwing a few cabbage and tomatoes at Grant