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Originally Posted by cashman
i reckon if the punishments available reflected the crime, many who want the "Death Penalty" would change their view, but they dont reflect n probably never will.
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Punishments do not only reflect the crime; they also reflect the values of the society that sanctions the punishments ... not the individual members of society, but society as a whole.
It seems that it is only with the death penalty that people say "He took a life; so we will take his" ... or something like that ... a direct retributive thing. What do you do with a car thief ... steal his car? Or a rapist? Hold him down and f**k him against his will (I can see some saying: "Hey, this wouldn't be a bad idea).
And then there is the "eye for an eye" thing .... the Biblical sanction ... somehow we are following the injunction of the almighty ... but, isn't there a commandment somewhere about not killing ... not a metaphor but a direct "thou shalt not"?
By the way, I was driving thro' the north end of the city, and noticed that there is a Cashman St. ... you may just be getting famous
