Agreed. Punishing people who make stupid comments seems like it causes resentment and anger and thus more stupid comments. I wonder if there a parallel with th

Agreed. Punishing people who make stupid comments seems like it causes resentment and anger and thus more stupid comments. I wonder if there a parallel with the whole punishment vs rehabilitation aspect of the justice systems. In essence, a justice system is a social tool to cause people to act a certain way. Some techniques are better than others.