Re:Just Got Out of Prison. Now What?
by mikeash on Thursday July 16, 2015 @06:28PM
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It's not about political correctness. It's just useless to bring up personal responsibility when discussing policy. Personal responsibility comes down to, "don't do that. But some people will not follow that command. What do you do with them? Repeating "don't do that" accomplishes nothing.
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What do you do with them? Isn't that the entire purpose of the justice system?
I don't think it's unreasonable for society to expect people not to commit crimes and punish them when they do.
Yes, of course that's the entire purpose of the justice system. And we're talking about the justice system, and different ways it might be adjusted to achieve better outcomes. And then along come the people I replied to talking about "personal responsibility" which is completely useless to bring up in context.