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Originally Posted by Ramrod
I don't see anywhere in the article where it's author claims or implies that his is the 'one true way', I think you are putting words into his mouth.
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I think you should read that quote again!
"The purpose of a sentence is punishment." Full stop. End of story.
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....So are you saying that you don't have anything against the ideas (that I have highlited) expressed in the article, it's just that you don't like it because you believe it is setting itself up to be 'the one true way' ?
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I quote again:
"Nothing about rehabilitation, remorse or socioeconomic disadvantage. Nothing about the bad effects that the punishment might have on the offender or, for that matter, its good effects..."
If that is the foundation that these proposals are based on, then whatever other "good intentions" it may have, they will be tainted by this.
The parts you highlighted are, as I pointed out before, simply window dressing. They are a sugar coating to try to convince the reader that the core is more palatable in the hope that it wont stick in their throat.
But it sticks in mine, so excuse me if I spit it back out.