Real Justice is public humiliation.

soulsinging

farfromglorified wrote:

No. But private lethal injections aren't any better.



It's anonymous in the sense that I don't know who the fuck "Jane Doe" is. "Jane Doe" or "Bob Smith" are just names. Justice isn't carried out against a name, it's carried out against a person.

and what is it to you that you get to see the person humiliated in public? does it help you feel better and superior than them? does it make you feel safer to gloat over them? if it was so important that you know exactly WHO is doing the crime, you'd take the steps to find out who jane doe and bob smith are. but it clearly has no effect on you. you didnt give a shit who they were then, why do you now?

farfromglorified

soulsinging wrote:

becos i support treating people with dignity.

Where does locking someone up in a cell fit into that?

one that accomplishes nothing for the greater good of society.

I'd much rather know who the thief is in my town than pay for their bed and meals for a few days.

farfromglorified

soulsinging wrote:

and what is it to you that you get to see the person humiliated in public?

I don't care whether those people are humiliated or not. If the enjoy wearing the sandwhich board, it doesn't matter to me.

does it help you feel better and superior than them?

Well, yes. I am better than a thief. But I already knew that.

does it make you feel safer to gloat over them?

Not really, no.

if it was so important that you know exactly WHO is doing the crime, you'd take the steps to find out who jane doe and bob smith are.

I am, by supporting a justice system wherein Jane Doe and Bob Smith cannot hide their crimes in the paper.

but it clearly has no effect on you. you didnt give a shit who they were then, why do you now?

Because they've announced by their actions that they do not respect the right of property.

qtegirl

soulsinging wrote:

most importantly: this woman was given a choice between jailtime and this and chose this. so what does that say about what is truly the more appealing and deterring punishment? she'd RATHER stand there for 2 hours with a sign than go to jail for the weekend. sounds like an easy way out to me. one that accomplishes nothing for the greater good of society.

Well, I don't agree with this. If I'm given the choice between spending even a few months in jail or doing the sandwich board thing, of course I would choose the sandwich board.

But the thing is, I wouldn't KNOW what that is going to do to me. It seems like the easy choice at the moment, but you don't know how it's going to make you feel when you actually have to go through with it.

sapperskunk

Do I smell a solution to Americas over crowded prison system?