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Secession movements have a big chance of killing a ton of people and violating the civil rights of many more, so a 15 year sentence is very plausibly appropriat
by SamReidHughes 7y ago
Secession movements have a big chance of killing a ton of people and violating the civil rights of many more, so a 15 year sentence is very plausibly appropriate, in comparison to armed robbery.
- pjc50 7y agoThis was the the peaceful independence movement. They have not killed anyone and have no declared intention to.
- SamReidHughes 7y agoThat would be a great argument if it meant there was no chance of future violence. But it doesn't, so it's not.
- darkwater 7y agoSo basically you're saying that somebody should be jailed for N years because maybe, in the future, someone else related with the same movement might use some level of violence to achieve... something we still don't know, in circumstances we still don't know? Wow.
- SamReidHughes 7y agoActually, no, but if you want to pretend I did, have at it.
- darkwater 7y agoYou were the one talking about "future". Can you explain better what did you mean?