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Re: Tolerance of vice
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 23 Oct 2001 21:03:38 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton writes:
> > > > I agree. Let's stop encouraging it. Only reply to his posts if they're worth
> > > > your time. Agreed?
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> > > And only respond to theft if the item's big enough to worry about? Works for
> > > TARGET. Doesn't work for me, though. It encourages the notion that small
> > > thefts are OK.
> >
> > Ah, but while petty theft may still be wrong, is it worth capital
> > punishment? Or maybe just cutting off their hands? Is it worth the time?
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> So you think there's a tolerable level of theft? Some shrinkage is
> acceptable? Don't ever work for me unless you are prepared to set that
> attitude aside. No level of theft is "acceptable" and no level should be
> "tolerated" because it's too difficult to come up with an appropriate
> punishment.
But I never said it was acceptable. I said the punishment you betrothed to
it was overzealous. Is going 31mph in a 30mph zone an offense punishable by
death? Ban him? You really think that's a good solution? I don't. I think
the appropriate punishment is giving him no response.
DaveE
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| (...) Bad example... since you're referring to noncommon law. Speed limits tend to be revenue generation devices nowadays more than anything else. But I can tell you that I would not patronise a private road that used that particular punishment. (...) (25 years ago, 23-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) So you think there's a tolerable level of theft? Some shrinkage is acceptable? Don't ever work for me unless you are prepared to set that attitude aside. No level of theft is "acceptable" and no level should be "tolerated" because it's too (...) (25 years ago, 23-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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