What I Learned from Executing Two Men

Re:What I Learned from Executing Two Men by mxvzr on Monday September 19, 2016 @01:20PM (#12533021)

> what is justice without revenge?

Justice. Sentencing is here to take criminals away from the rest of society, in order to protect the latter rather than punish the former.

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Re:What I Learned from Executing Two Men by omginternets on Monday September 19, 2016 @01:43PM (#12533183)

I'm glad you were able to close the case on one of the oldest philosophical problems in existence. I'm glad it was that simple.

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Re:What I Learned from Executing Two Men by mxvzr on Monday September 19, 2016 @02:53PM (#12533768)

I was hoping a Frenchman would recognize that I was merely paraphrasing one of Hugo's main arguments against capital punishment, developed in his preface of Le Dernier Jour d'un condamné, rather than "close the case on one of the oldest philosophical problems in existence".

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Re:What I Learned from Executing Two Men by omginternets on Monday September 19, 2016 @03:00PM (#12533818)

And? Presumably you're paraphrasing him to imply that his argument is correct.

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