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| Thread ID: 101647 | 2009-07-22 00:24:00 | Weatherston GUILTY | nofam (9009) | PC World Chat |
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| 793980 | 2009-07-25 13:42:00 | I think that in the area of criminal justice there are probably only a few right paths through the problem - and a multitude of wrong paths. I don't think I know the right path through the problem. Even though I think it is an insoluble problem I do not propose no response at all. But I especially do not think that the answer is to respond with behaviour that I already reprehend in another - and I reserve the absolute right to expect the same from the society I was born into and in which I live. | Deane F (8204) | ||
| 793981 | 2009-07-25 13:45:00 | But I especially do not think that the answer is to respond with behaviour that I already reprehend in another -. Does that extend to incarceration? After all taking someone against their wishes and locking them up for 20 years would be a pretty mean thing to do. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 793982 | 2009-07-25 13:51:00 | Yep, That post proves my point quite nicely. And I posted it in full knowledge that this is what your reaction to it would be. You promote reaction and violence as a response to criminal behaviour. A morality based on vengeance dressed up as being done for the common good - but which ultimately puts the power of violence in the hands of a few - whether that is the police, The Stasi, the government, the Fijian Army etc Your ideas would lead to the overthrow of liberty - not its promotion. |
Deane F (8204) | ||
| 793983 | 2009-07-25 13:53:00 | Does that extend to incarceration? After all taking someone against their wishes and locking them up for 20 years would be a pretty mean thing to do. I think that incarceration is absolutely necessary in a functioning democracy. There is simply no alternative in many cases. |
Deane F (8204) | ||
| 793984 | 2009-07-25 22:05:00 | And I posted it in full knowledge that this is what your reaction to it would be. You promote reaction and violence as a response to criminal behaviour. A morality based on vengeance dressed up as being done for the common good - but which ultimately puts the power of violence in the hands of a few - whether that is the police, The Stasi, the government, the Fijian Army etc Your ideas would lead to the overthrow of liberty - not its promotion. Very melodramatic.:D:D:D |
Metla (12) | ||
| 793985 | 2009-07-25 22:17:00 | Very melodramatic.:D:D:D Whereas your failing to see the ultimate outcome of your ideas is just sad, really. |
Deane F (8204) | ||
| 793986 | 2009-07-25 22:39:00 | Just a question of degree,incarceration or elimination. With the evil and that is to whom we we refer,elimination is the only end. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 793987 | 2009-07-25 22:43:00 | Whereas your failing to see the ultimate outcome of your ideas is just sad, really. Yeah, Removing the 50 most evil and worthless people in NZ who have commited heinous crimes against others would cause the downfall of society. The rivers would run red, Madness would consume us all. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 793988 | 2009-07-25 22:54:00 | Yeah, Removing the 50 most evil and worthless people in NZ who have commited heinous crimes against others would cause the downfall of society. The rivers would run red, Madness would consume us all. So now you change your argument and your basic proposition? Remove the 50 most evil people in NZ...? |
Deane F (8204) | ||
| 793989 | 2009-07-25 23:18:00 | When dealing with lefties we have to bring out the old sea ditty...... East is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet=Two things which are so different as to have no opportunity to unite. |
Cicero (40) | ||
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