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> Someone clearly needs to be punished. Do they? What does that achieve?
by iovrthoughtthis 9y ago
> Someone clearly needs to be punished.
Do they? What does that achieve?
- interfixus 9y agoIt's one area where punishment might actually serve as a deterrent. I really am all for holding public servants to very strict standards, not least where security is concerned. If it were common knowledge that your cavalier disregard of prescribed rules would see you on the street within ten minutes of it being discovered, I'm sure it would sharpen the attention of some, and get rid of others.
- alphakappa 9y agoA deterrent to future pranksters maybe. But I would imagine that the real danger is from malicious actors (say, foreign governments) who would not be deterred by the threat of punishment. So what does punishing this kid get us, other than satisfaction?
- interfixus 9y agoI wrote the toplevel comment, advocating punishment for various officials, and letting the kid go. You may wish to turn your comment around by roughly 180 degrees.
- jimnotgym 9y agoIt would achieve the very negative thing of not dealing with the real issue. It reminds me of the story of Richard Feynman demonstrating to a superior how not spinning the dial of the standard GI safe at Los Alamos after closing it allowed someone to read the combination. His superiors response was to send a memo saying, 'Don't leave Mr Feynman alone in your office'.