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As an American, I don't want people punished if they hurt or wrong me. I want them rehabilitated so they don't go and hurt me or someone else in the future. T
by Frondo 9y ago
As an American, I don't want people punished if they hurt or wrong me. I want them rehabilitated so they don't go and hurt me or someone else in the future.
The action is done, hurting the perpetrator in return won't restore me, I just don't want it to happen again.
- sosborn 9y agoEasy to say - but have you or a loved one ever been the victim of a serious crime? Logic tends to go out the window and emotion takes over.
- jolux 9y agoBut that has to be part of why we have a state. To make the most rational decision possible when individuals can only make emotional ones. It can't be the state's place to carry out people's personal vendettas no matter how justified they might seem. That's no way to run a civilization. If there's one good thing bureaucracy does it's ironing out some of the violent irrationalities and impulsivities inherent to human judgment.
- Frondo 9y agoYes, I have been. It is, in part, my experiences and suffering that shapes my opinion. I do not want others to suffer, even if I have, even if I have directly because someone wanted to inflict suffering on me. (And, consequently, I do not want suffering enshrined into the legal system or power structures.)