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That might work.
But then again people like my neighbors could care less about life or death.
I would just put them all to work doing labor with no pay.
I dont really think it needs to be public. I think it would just anger and desensitize those who would have the dispostion to commit violent crimes in the future. But then it could do the opposite. I kind of doubt it though.
When it was done in public, did it make a difference, people used to pack picnics baskets and go watch executions, did it make a difference? I don't know
I mean was that a deterrent when it WAS done in public?
No. Capital punishment is barbaric enough without making it a spectacle.
Also, the real reasons it is used have little to do with deterrence -- that is just a more socially acceptable argument.
Yes. Public punishments have a greater effect than private ones.
We ought to bring back public canings, those work well in singapore.
yes
We ought to bring back public canings, those work well in singapore.
Iran does that, I suppose it would bode well for an enlightened westernized society
by aya on Wed Dec 14, 05 6:50am
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Aya: in iran they do it without a real trial and for trivial reasons.
Someone says your an infidel? Good enough, beat him to death. A woman who got pregnant by rape out of wedlock, but her attacker says it was voluntary, good enough, she's a whore stone her to death.
It's not the punishment that is good or bad, it's how it's carried out and for what reasons.
Iran also arrests people, and gives out fines, are those barbaric as well?
Sure. It's a barbaric practice anyway, so if it became a public spectacle more people might take action to abolish it.
...Abolish it by refusing to break the law
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