To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.off-topic.debateOpen lugnet.off-topic.debate in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Off-Topic / Debate / 7257
7256  |  7258
Subject: 
Re: Abortion, consistent with the LP stance? (Re: From Harry Browne
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Mon, 13 Nov 2000 19:33:54 GMT
Reply-To: 
{johnneal@uswest}spamless{.net}
Viewed: 
942 times
  
Christopher Weeks wrote:

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
Okay, you are responding to opinions of two people mixed below, but I will • just
cut to the chase, Chris.  You say killing mass murderers and repeat child
molesters is evil.  How would you deal with them?

I would search for a way to help them remedy the harm that they caused.  If
they are mentally broken, I would therapise them (I suppose, by force, even
though I'm uncomfortable with that), and if they were too broken, I would
incarcerate them while letting them do whatever they could to make up for their
mistakes.

What if they were unrepentant? (I'm innocent!)  My point was that letting
criminals sit around for the rest of their lives in prison with all of their needs
provided for and more is hardly justice IMO.  Simple incarceration is not enough.
*Forcing* them to work to make reparations is the answer, IMO.  As far as
rehabilitation goes, I'm not sure that that is possible for such individuals.

-John

Simply incarcerate them so that they may enjoy 3 squares a
day, free medical treatment, cable, workout equipment,
net access, etc, etc etc?

I think that there should be a base level of care that does not include those
things.  After that, it would be important to provide the possibility to earn
those things, thus incenting positive growth and productive behavior.

Chris



Message has 1 Reply:
  Re: Abortion, consistent with the LP stance? (Re: From Harry Browne
 
(...) their (...) So what? I assume that most criminals in today's society are unrepentant. (...) needs (...) Well, that is clearly not what I advocated above, so I'm not sure why you're pointing this out to me. They should be employed in the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Message is in Reply To:
  Re: Abortion, consistent with the LP stance? (Re: From Harry Browne
 
(...) just (...) I would search for a way to help them remedy the harm that they caused. If they are mentally broken, I would therapise them (I suppose, by force, even though I'm uncomfortable with that), and if they were too broken, I would (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

279 Messages in This Thread:
(Inline display suppressed due to large size. Click Dots below to view.)
Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact

This Message and its Replies on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

Custom Search

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR