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"Fuck yeah you should be ashamed (and also go to prison)." I'm sure you would enjoy 18th century england and US. Debtors prison was once totally a thing. I lik
by fsloth 10y ago
"Fuck yeah you should be ashamed (and also go to prison)."
I'm sure you would enjoy 18th century england and US. Debtors prison was once totally a thing. I like to think of it's dismissal as an evidence piece that a civilization evolves.
- fsloth 10y agoI would like to point out as an addendum that any laws that would harshly punish defaulting debtors would strike equally harsh towards the delinquent and the morally admirable down on his luck. When considering seriously hard punishments, think for a while what if the person is actually in the situation from no fault of their own. Because, court often has a hard time doing any moral judgements and just looks at the cold facts.
- jacobush 10y agoAnd present day Dubai.