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I'm gonna take this argument in a slightly different direction. While I agree with you that the way this experiment was conducted was needlessly unsafe and irre
by c22 11y ago
I'm gonna take this argument in a slightly different direction. While I agree with you that the way this experiment was conducted was needlessly unsafe and irresponsible, I don't believe these researchers deserve jail time given that only positive outcomes resulted from this event. Pragmatically, society has nothing to gain from punishing these individuals and in the best case scenario doing so costs us money and pointlessly devestates likely several lives. For that matter, I am also against sending people to jail even when their actions have negative effects if it is not clear that isolating them from the public will reduce future harm.
- MBCook 11y agoMy reason for suggestion jail is because I worried if they're not punished (just a week would be perfect) other people will think such needlessly unsafe public demonstrations are acceptable. I dont know another way to say 'this is not acceptable'. To literally just say it but not punish... I do t think that would be heard and someone else would take a stupid risk. They certainly don't need 5 years or something like that. Just a very noticeable slap on the hand.