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> Should we really be putting someone in prison for burglary when there are people who rip millions of people off with legal price gouging or break up a family
by cousin_it 11y ago
> Should we really be putting someone in prison for burglary when there are people who rip millions of people off with legal price gouging or break up a family by cheating?
I agree that cheating usually hurts more than burglary. However, it's not just a question of how harmful it is, but also how many people feel the urge to do it. We can mostly deal with burglary by criminalizing it, but criminalizing cheating would be a disaster akin to the war on drugs.
- aninhumer 11y agoDepending on what exactly criminalisation means, I wonder if it wouldn't lead to far more openness about polyamory.
- sametmax 11y agoAnd again cheating is much greyer area than killing. The marriage, the wedding, being faithful are very artificial social constructs. I for once, would never, ever want somebody to be punished because she cheated on me. I may not like it, but I don't think the state has anything to do with it.
- ChoGGi 11y agoI was going to say that it is criminalised in South Korean, but I see they struck down that law last year. http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-south-korea-adultery-legal-court-20150226-story.html http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-south-korea-adultery... "The law called for sentences of up to two years in prison. Adultery cases were only heard when a spouse filed a complaint, and could be withdrawn at any time by that spouse."