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Your "fair punishment" is based on the idea that because the racism was random and arbitrary, the punishment should also be random and arbitrary. This isn't how
by Thorentis 5y ago
Your "fair punishment" is based on the idea that because the racism was random and arbitrary, the punishment should also be random and arbitrary. This isn't how justice works, and if this was applied to any other "crime", nobody would be okay with it.
- _8j50 5y agoCare to elaborate? I was implying it should apply to other crime as well. In my perfect world, prison sentences would be a lot less common. Fairness is a fundamental compnent of justice. If there is a victim then the aggressor needs to be harmed in a similar way. Theft? Something if equal value should be taken from you. I also agree with "lashing" and damaging a persons body for certain crimes like rape for example (chemical or otherwise castration in addition to some torment). Fines are a joke, a slap in the face of justice. The affect the poor only even when proportional to income. 25% of a poor person's wealth has much more impact than 25% of a billionaire's wealth or a corporation's profits. While I believe in mercy strongly (especially when the victim supports it), justice has to have fairness and equal application and is better left not administered than administered partially.
- Thorentis 5y ago> Theft? Something if equal value should be taken from you. What if the theft was "random and arbitrary", as most thefts are? Why does soemthing of equal value need to be taken in the case of a theft, but when it comes to racism, a figure of over $100m is justified? This makes absolutely no sense.