| Punishment question |
by Kickstart |
2007-10-08 10:42:45 |
| This story is about a man who may receive 30 years for stealing a doughnut and then pushing a cashier out of the way while fleeing.
A question on another site was raised...is it more "cruel and unusual" to send him to jail for 30 years or administer 10 lashes in a public square? I personally think that the lashes would likely serve as a better punishment and protection of society than the 30 years.
What say you?
KS |
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I say ringing (n/t) | by imperito | 2007-10-08 10:43:20 |
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RTF-TLP. Not the same. (n/t) | by Kickstart | 2007-10-08 11:33:30 |
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Seems the same to me... | by imperito | 2007-10-08 12:35:38 |
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10 Lashes. (n/t) | by Havoc | 2007-10-08 10:43:23 |
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Lashes, definitely | by subbywan | 2007-10-08 10:45:11 |
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It'd be "unusual", though. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-10-08 10:46:53 |
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depends what you mean by "the rest of the world" | by subbywan | 2007-10-08 10:50:08 |
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OTOH... | by imperito | 2007-10-08 10:50:04 |
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I think you underestimate lashes ... | by subbywan | 2007-10-08 10:52:15 |
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Lashings are a scarring experience. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-10-08 10:54:48 |
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indeed. That's part of the punishment. (n/t) | by subbywan | 2007-10-08 10:55:15 |
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Perhaps, but... | by imperito | 2007-10-08 11:02:44 |
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Not at all. I know there's no single way | by subbywan | 2007-10-08 11:08:39 |
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In the case of a repeat offender... | by imperito | 2007-10-08 11:17:57 |
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That depends on the punishment though | by subbywan | 2007-10-08 11:21:38 |
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I don't think it'll stick | by veran | 2007-10-08 16:20:48 |
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yes, and no | by subbywan | 2007-10-08 16:23:21 |
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Both. (n/t) | by lab rat | 2007-10-08 10:46:00 |
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Lashes | by joresgump | 2007-10-08 10:48:02 |
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"Would you like to know more?" (n/t) | by subbywan | 2007-10-08 10:54:41 |
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PPV (n/t) | by joresgump | 2007-10-08 10:56:49 |
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*lart* | by CynicalRyan | 2007-10-08 10:57:37 |
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I know, I know | by joresgump | 2007-10-08 10:59:22 |
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The lashes are more cruel and unusual. | by Illiad | 2007-10-08 10:48:18 |
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About Club Fed... | by DesertRat66 | 2007-10-08 10:50:28 |
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Shouldn't a punishment BE C&U by definition | by subbywan | 2007-10-08 10:53:59 |
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the waste of years of your life that you'll not | by joresgump | 2007-10-08 11:01:05 |
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You're talking about Americans ... | by subbywan | 2007-10-08 11:11:57 |
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I don't believe there's any difference | by joresgump | 2007-10-08 11:15:26 |
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Humans differ *vastly* | by subbywan | 2007-10-08 11:17:33 |
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not in the way you must treat them | by joresgump | 2007-10-08 11:31:47 |
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How are they equal? (n/t) | by CynicalRyan | 2007-10-08 11:33:26 |
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legally. (n/t) | by subbywan | 2007-10-08 11:34:21 |
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No, they aren't. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-10-08 11:38:04 |
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arbitrary numbers. | by subbywan | 2007-10-08 11:51:10 |
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Either we treat people fairly, or equally. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-10-08 11:55:49 |
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you can't have a perfectly personalized treatment | by joresgump | 2007-10-08 11:59:43 |
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Nope, it isn't, since fairness requires | by CynicalRyan | 2007-10-08 12:02:03 |
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of course | by joresgump | 2007-10-08 12:06:41 |
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Eeeehhh... | by CynicalRyan | 2007-10-08 12:14:12 |
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collective knowledge | by joresgump | 2007-10-08 12:24:03 |
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Everytime somebody has harped collective | by CynicalRyan | 2007-10-08 13:31:58 |
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No, it doesn't. | by subbywan | 2007-10-08 12:17:40 |
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Which is why it fails. | by subbywan | 2007-10-08 11:35:18 |
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so how can you decide which treatment is best? (n/ (n/t) | by joresgump | 2007-10-08 11:38:56 |
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You guess. | by subbywan | 2007-10-08 11:53:16 |
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it's not the same | by joresgump | 2007-10-08 12:02:19 |
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Unfortunately, there's no way to know WHICH is | by subbywan | 2007-10-08 12:20:04 |
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The other part is to get them out of the society | by joresgump | 2007-10-08 11:47:32 |
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I can't argue for this particular case | by subbywan | 2007-10-08 11:54:19 |
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an exception doesn't invalidate a rule that works | by joresgump | 2007-10-08 12:12:16 |
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This is true, but *does* it work most of the time? | by subbywan | 2007-10-08 12:15:48 |
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How about the "Pain Box" that we talked | by tallastro | 2007-10-08 11:19:02 |
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Your agonizer, please (n/t) | by imperito | 2007-10-08 11:21:04 |
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It takes considerably less than 10 years to | by taitano | 2007-10-08 11:23:34 |
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Bamboo shoots under the fingernails. (n/t) | by HaX80r | 2007-10-08 11:05:40 |
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emmm, are we talking too lighly about torture? (n/ (n/t) | by joresgump | 2007-10-08 11:06:56 |
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*may*.... | by Didactylos | 2007-10-08 11:20:11 |
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Indeed. | by pas51 | 2007-10-08 11:32:59 |
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The maximum, though, is life. (n/t) | by subbywan | 2007-10-08 11:36:35 |
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<Deleted> | <Deleted> | 2007-10-08 12:06:59 |
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Moderated for FYOS | by hyzenthlay | 2007-10-08 12:07:54 |
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Noted. (n/t) | by toysbfun | 2007-10-08 12:26:22 |
