I know how you feel, and i'm pretty sure i would feel the same way
but i think if as a society we resort to meeting violence with violence then we just set ourselves up for it to continue.
If we grow up in a society were violence is not organised, not condoned as punishment then, eventually, we live in a soceity where we don't want to be violent to others.
That's not a whimsical view, its based on the fact that people do what other people are doing. And is why certain cultures have a much stronger incident of a certain crime than other comparable cultures. The example i use here is north america and gun crime. As an economic and political society it is on a par with Canada, yet Canada has more Guns per capita but significantly less gun crime.
I'm sure there are statistics that would prove my argument simplistic, but that is my stance. Take the higher ground, and eventually your culture will take the higher ground with you.
having said that, I guess if that person who was blinded and disfigured was my sister, i would weigh up if prison term for blinding him is worth it, and then decide... I'd like to think i'd chose not to, but i don't know.
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KittyWaste lives at Sleepingplanet.com, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 2:05,
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I used to think along those lines too, unfortunately society doesn't always conform to what (most ordinary peeps) would deem appropriate.
We always have to go down the 'politically correct' route, or whatever ridiculous punishment those out of touch judges in our law courts deem acceptable these days - which inevitably is just laughable!
What incentive to people like that have, (i.e. to not throw acid in an innocent girls face)?
My feelings are, if a few of them get a really nasty sentence then that may (just possibly) make the next few potential perps think twice about committing a similar crime.
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catweasle neither a cat nor a weasle, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 2:22,
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