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Re: Unforgivable crimes

Am I the only one being pragmatic here?
There is no legal system anywhere in the world who has a righteous and just system unless your morals are flexible 100%. The reason we trial people mostly is to prevent others from doing the same and the person to do it again. We need to label the person "bad" or "evil" to justify our actions for ourselfs and the people around us. Ironicly, this system is "just" in the way that it prevents crime from hapening. And it works.

The second reason is revenge but also the control over it.

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> Little Paul wrote:

> Am I the only one being pragmatic here?
There is no legal system anywhere in the world who has a righteous and just system unless your morals are flexible 100%. The reason we trial people mostly is to prevent others from doing the same and the person to do it again. We need to label the person "bad" or "evil" to justify our actions for ourselfs and the people around us. Ironicly, this system is "just" in the way that it prevents crime from hapening. And it works.

The second reason is revenge but also the control over it.

If you were being pragmatic, you would have to go further and say that there is no objective reality we can know that includes righteousness and morality. You would also have to admit that crime and punishment is simply a matter of behavior modification.

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Re: Unforgivable crimes

"Do you know anyone who has been raped before, Loz?"

And why do you say that?

[i]Tommy gun

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justinian,
"You would also have to admit that crime and punishment is simply a matter of behavior modification"
I did it in other words. I quote myself:"The reason we trial people mostly is to prevent others from doing the same and the person to do it again."

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