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Originally Posted by Ramrod
I find it strange that you cannot see the need for punishment in a justice system. It is, after all, a criminal 'justice' system, not a criminal 'rehabilitation' system (not that I have anything against rehab).
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I find it strange that you cannot see that punishment does not necessarily, in and of itself, *stop* crime.
If it makes you feel any better, let's redefine obliging someone to take part in a rehabilitation scheme as a "punishment". Does that help?
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How are we to have justice done if the criminal is not punished?
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What good is "Justice" if the punishment just makes future crime more likely? It is well known that putting someone into a prison gives an inexperienced offender the opportunity to learn from the "experts" about how to not get caught the next time!