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The alternative is for individuals to inflict suffering on each other, which is just vigilantism and mob violence.

• vidarh 3y ago
  No, the alternative is to not apply retribution. To me anyone who applies retribution is nothing more than a thug, whether doing at the behest of the state or their own accord.
  • ozr 3y ago
    Ok. Now convince everyone else of that.
    • vidarh 3y ago
      Plenty of people are convinced of that - it's pretty much the position the linked post is arguing against, for a reason.