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Edited by GastonRabbit on Nov 11th 2022 at 8:59:26 AM
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But I dun wanna. So I'm here instead.
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....Asexual Perverse Lust?
Is that, like...getting really heated up over the prospect of cellular division?
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If not for the risk of punishing the wrong person, I would consider "an eye for an eye" to be the most fair and just system. What we have now results either in Karma Houdini (just a few years in prison for a freaking murder in some cases) or Disproportionate Retribution (jail time for a theft?! It should be fine instead)
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I've often believed that for crimes in which there is a direct victim (such as murder, rape, etc.), either the victim or, if the victim is unable to attend, the family of the victim should be allowed to decide the penalty.
Something about putting the criminal at the mercy of those he wronged seems harsh yet strangely appropriate.
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Five years for stealing a loaf of bread?
This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
Something about putting the criminal at the mercy of those he wronged seems harsh yet strangely appropriate ^Well, I guess it's not that harsh now, but I do not consider incarceration to be a just punishment for mere property crime, period. Thief did not deprive anyone of freedom, did not cross several years out of anyone's life, after all. He merely taken a thing that belongs to another, a material possession, so a material possession of his own should be taken. Perhaps of greater value than that was stolen, in order to discourage theft as a means of getting a loan, so to speak, but still - nothing more than material possession.
edited 18th Oct '10 7:17:56 AM by Beholderess
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That's actually similar to the Biblical measure for restitution: stealing something meant you had to pay twice in turn, while destroying the theft whilst in your care meant you had to pay four or five times what was stolen.
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^^ What if you have no material possession of appropriate worth?
Say, if a homeless man stole a Ferrari. Indentured servitude to pay it off?
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^^^Perhaps. Or have him pay a portion of his income until he covers the cost.
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^ Income from what? More thievery?
Theft is a difficult one to adequately punish, I think, because the offense doesn't cause direct physical harm to anyone, but is still a victimizing crime, and it's harder to give an eye for an eye when the perpetrator doesn't have an eye to give.
Small-scale "Hey, I jacked a pocketknife from a convenience store," theft is simple enough, but when you get into the larger crimes, it gets a bit more complicated. Typically, when you commit theft, it's because someone else has something that you don't. If it's something of value, you're stealing it because it's worth money that you don't have. I think that's where the imbalance comes from: you can't just take double the money back when there's no money to take.
Which doesn't mean I disagree with An Eye For An Eye, not by a long shot. I mentioned in an earlier post my view on it. Theft is just...complicated.
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An eye for an eye just wastes time and resources, and really helps nobody. The entire purpose of punishing a crime is to rehabilitate and reintegrate a criminal into society. Not everyone who commits a heinous crime is so far gone that they can't be helped, and to torture them to satisfy a thirst for vengeance just seems disgusting.
If someone is so for gone that they can't be helped, just kill quick and painlessly and get it over with. Don't toy with their lives.
edited 18th Oct '10 8:36:03 AM by Miijhal
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There are three purposes I can think of for a punishment:
- 1. To rehabilitate the criminal.
- 2. To satisfy the pain of the victim.
- 3. To prevent the criminal from victimizing any more.
To me, #3 takes priority above all else. #2 is next priority, and then #1, if applicable.
When a person commits a crime such as murder, he forfeits the right for his own wellbeing to be considered in the matter. Theft is complicated, as I mentioned above, but if you knowingly and deliberately kill someone, helping you live a long, happy life becomes dead last on my list.
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The entire purpose of punishing a crime is to rehabilitate and reintegrate a criminal into society.^Murder can be an extremely complicated matter as well, most murderers aren't the "I didn't like the way he looked" kind.
edited 18th Oct '10 8:46:35 AM by Noimporta
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No, most murderers aren't. But I dare you to name a justifiable reason for murdering someone.
"Murder" having the definition of "Killing intentionally or with premeditation."
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Why do we seek to rehabilitate the worst criminals? Some people aren't worth rehabilitating, and I shudder to think that a serial rapist or sadistic thug could ever be freed even if they were truly "rehabilitated". They don't seem to deserve a second chance or even a life.
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I am aware of the difficulty of enforcing such things properly, that's why they are impractical. Consider it a daydream=)
^^Hmm, revenge would be a justifiable reason for me, if it targets only the one who actually wronged you, not their family members/colleagues/bystanders etc
edited 18th Oct '10 8:57:39 AM by Beholderess
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I am reminded of a User Friendly strip where there was a diagram of a ludicrously elaborate gaming chair/bubble.
There was a hydraulic fist aimed at the user's face designated for hydraulic "gib" feedback. There was also a spiked hydraulic fists designated "Quad Damage" feedback. Partly because of where it was aimed...