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Re: Tolerance of vice
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 23 Oct 2001 21:31:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton writes:
> 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?
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.
> Ban him? You really think that's a good solution?
Not for the first infraction, no.
> I don't. I think
> the appropriate punishment is giving him no response.
The problem is, I don't see that as a punishment at all. Rather I see it as
a reward.... he gets away with it again.
What other punishments short of banning are there?
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Tolerance of vice
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: (snipped) (...) The ancient greeks devised a special punishment for those they considered to be disgracing their community. I am unsure of the English name for it, but it should be something like (...) (23 years ago, 23-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.pt)
| | | Re: Tolerance of vice
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| (...) Agreed, it wasn't the best of examples, but hopefully you got the general idea. A better example would be (I suppose) whether you think someone who shoplifted a stick of gum should be sentenced to death. Again, I just think the punishment (...) (23 years ago, 23-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Can't Drive 65 (was 'Re: Tolerance of vice')
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| (...) Please elaborate... with statistics if you so prefer. :) Are you denying that speed limits also serve to regulate traffic patterns, allow drivers to avoid accidents by reducing stopping distance(dependent on ~following the limit of course), (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Tolerance of vice
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| (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 23-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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