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Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin
Killing people is bad! We're going to kill you to prove that! Now everybody will see that it is bad.  |
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Originally Posted by centaur532
Do you see what happens when you kill people? You get killed too! This will work as a deterrent, I promise!
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I'm not sure the lack of deterrent effect is really an appropriate argument here, considering the vast cultural differences (and extreme differences in what is considered 'appropriate' punishment) - besides this, I would probably have to argue that 'symbolic' punishments are far more appropriate a comparison in this case, since you can't really come up with a commensurate or appropriate punishment/rehabilitation strategy for someone who, y'know, gassed 5000 Kurds.
It's just not a similar system or situation, so I really don't feel comfortable getting all argumentative up in this bitch, GP/centaur.
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