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I fully appreciate that perspective, and agree with they're all socially constructed, and it's the people you need to worry about/ I was thinking through simila
by tomsaffell 14y ago
I fully appreciate that perspective, and agree with they're all socially constructed, and it's the people you need to worry about/ I was thinking through similar issues as I wrote my own comment. If I was a victim of one of these crimes I might even be swayed to subscribe to that view. But on balance, I think the damage done to the system as a whole (see angersock's comment for one example) outweighs the upside of getting one or two bad guys that wouldn't otherwise be caught.
tldr: I'd choose system integrity/reputation over catching 100% of the bad guys. Loved Catch-22 btw.
- enraged_camel 14y ago>> I'd choose system integrity/reputation over catching 100% of the bad guys. Pretty much my thought. The system is based on the fundamental belief that it is more harmful to convict an innocent person than to let a guilty one get away. This is why there is a built-in assumption that people are innocent until proven guilty.