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Re:NYC Jails Want to Ban Physical Mail, Then Privatize Scann... by explorigin on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @12:34PM (#34506970)
> But we won't, because our society is largely based on Calvinist nonsense that says there are "bad people" and we should celebrate those people having bad things happen to them.

<citation needed>

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Re:NYC Jails Want to Ban Physical Mail, Then Privatize Scann... by sofixa on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @12:42PM (#34507086)
Gestures vaguely around

Take a look at any "tough on crime" or "conservative" politician, and the majority of then will say stuff to that regard.

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Re:NYC Jails Want to Ban Physical Mail, Then Privatize Scann... by dsfyu404ed on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @01:29PM (#34507802)
>Take a look at any "tough on crime" or "conservative" politician, and the majority of then will say stuff to that regard.

It's not just the conservatives. HN will happily argue for disproportionate punishments for "risk of life and limb" type crimes in which there was no criminal intent and nobody was harmed. "Anti-social" crimes or "crimes that make a mockery of the system" (turnstyle jumping, vandalism of public property, stuff like that) are a pretty close second.

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Re:NYC Jails Want to Ban Physical Mail, Then Privatize Scann... by etna_ramequin on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @12:54PM (#34507271)
Yes, please. I’m pretty sure Calvinism says that everybody is corrupted by sin (not just prisoners) and that everybody is in need of God’s grace. There’s certainly nothing about celebrating when something bad happens to somebody.
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Re:NYC Jails Want to Ban Physical Mail, Then Privatize Scann... by pasquinelli on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @01:10PM (#34507486)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconditional_election
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Re:NYC Jails Want to Ban Physical Mail, Then Privatize Scann... by etna_ramequin on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @03:02AM (#34515658)
That’s "good things happen to (some) bad people. Rejoice!" Quite the opposite of what was said above. I don’t consider myself a Calvinist, so I don’t have skin in the game. However, sweeping statements like this prevent you from understanding the "real" root causes. Maybe the original commenter meant to blame puritans?
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