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For almost any other crime I would agree with you, but in this case I think we need the spectacle. No one should give a flying fuck about a pedophile's reintegration after a punishment. Especially not for the folks who organized, facilitated and profited from said pedophilia.
Those of us who understand and respect the American Constitution down it's tenets and principles, are so dejected that we need to see some perp walks to believe justice exists at all here.
Its all just words on paper. It's the actions and accountability of our government that make justice real. Sure it was never perfect; definitely needed lots of improvement. But without accountability, it's gone. The fabric is unwoven. I don't believe our government is hostile enough towards the pedophiles that run it right now, so these shitbirds need to make me believe again.
Human rights are for everyone. Not just for people that "deserve" them. You cannot ride yourself or others of them.
If their actions offend you and the public, prosecute and more importantly prevent them diligently.
My dude, there are like 15 people in the world that if you just straight up slaughtered, the world would be better for it. Don't pretend like that isn't the case.
Doesn't make it right.
Most certainly does. Pull your head out of the Utopian BS.
Yes it does. These men have made a mockery of the justice system. They don’t deserve to be treated humanely.
I disagree it does. These men and their predecessors corrupted the justice system from the very beginning of the idea of justice and its creation. Calling for greater violence and humiliation begets more violence and humiliation.
Criminal rights are human rights.
I would love to be Player 2 any day of the week because I feel powerless using other avenues, still wrong. It would feel SO right though.
Thus the paradox of tolerance.
This is where humanitarianism begins to fail and utilitarianism picks up the slack.
I’m a big fan of the paradox of tolerance.
Why I feel this treatment would be wrong in the pursuit of justice is because I looked at what justice is suppose to be a while back and why certain sentences are applied to certain crimes. I read that if the death penalty or inhumane treatment is on the menu for the criminal, they will be more likely to kill the victim since it’s still the same or some kind of maximum punishment whether they do or not and a dead person is likely to identify you. I would imagine that’s not true for every case because I imagine not everyone wants to kill someone but I like the phrase a sane mind can’t comprehend an insane one, so I don’t know. We are all animals and capable of killing I think, unless you’re like a baby or limited for whatever reason. (I guess we could do years of torture to deter the violent and sexual stuff? I really don’t know)
Neither does denial and tolerance of murder and rape.
Yes.
So what, no prisons? Cause pretty sure being locked up rids a person of their human right.
But temporarily and predictably while somewhat preserving dignity. But yes. Incarceration is highly problematic but can be needed at times.