Quote:
Originally Posted by Guile
That's because we make such a legal mess out of it and then do it behind closed doors. If you want it to really be a deterrence, public executions are the way to go!  |
Been there, tried that. Made no difference whatsoever. People become desensitised to acts of gratuitous violence if they seem them often enough.
@girlfromsocal: The entire rationale behind criminal law is that certain acts (murder, rape, assault etc.) are in direct contrast to societal ideals and as such should be shown to be disapproved of and discouraged by way of sanction. In light of this, I would ask you to justify your argument that society should then turn a blind eye to such acts being committed simply because it happens to someone who's broken the law and is being punished for it - that to me creates a situation where society both condems and tolerates the same course of action dependent on which group the victim is in, which is discriminatory and unsustainable.