2006-06-30 11:38:42 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Taking away ones privileges is not punishment. It is discipline. Once you learn from a mistake, then you know how to make things right.
2006-06-30 11:47:00 · answer #1 · answered by CaramelKidsMom 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Why do you assume punishment is wrong? I guess it depends on your definition of wrong. Wrong is whatever the societal concensus says is wrong. Most people would say punishment is necessary as a deterrent to crime, and therefore not wrong. So that's why we punish people.
But I think your point is the phrase "two wrongs don't make a right" is a hypocritical statement when spoken today, and I would tend to agree. There are many instances where an eye for an eye is valid and necessary.
2006-06-30 18:44:32 · answer #2 · answered by martin h 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Punishment is not meant to make a "right", but to educate someone not to do any more wrong things.
The most fitting punishment would work like Judo, reflecting the wrongdoer's own negativity BACK at him. In that sense, punishment would not be doing wrong, any more than a mirror does wrong by reflecting what's in front of it.
2006-06-30 18:44:24 · answer #3 · answered by DinDjinn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Punishment is not a wrong, it is a concequense of doing a wrong. Therefore it's not 2 wrongs, but someone did a wrong and punishment part of it is a concequence of the wrong. I guess what I am trying to say is punishment is not a wrong but instead it is a result of being or doing wrong.
2006-06-30 18:44:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A punishment is not a wrong doing. It is a consequence. Like every action, there is a reaction.
2006-06-30 18:42:01 · answer #5 · answered by pretty_brown_eyes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Punishing isn't wrong, it's justice. People accept government for protection. The law has an obligation to protect society. Therfor, if someone has shown a pension for killing, raping, or molesting children, it's alright to deprive them of liberty or their life. By destroying that one person's life, the law is protecting the lives of every other person in society that might become their victim. Killing or inprisoning one to save a hundred? Well, if I'm one of that one hundred, I'd lock them up or kill them myself.
2006-06-30 18:43:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People commit a crime, they get punished, it has to be that way. If God chooses to forgive them, good on them, but they still have to pay for their crimes here. Can't even imagine if child molesters were just told to not do it again, and were running around free all the time, notwithstanding that ignorant Vermont judge who let the pedophile free to molest more kids.
2006-06-30 18:52:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are assuming that it is wrong to punish those who make mistakes. it may be wrong in ur eyes, but for the majority of people justice is the right way to go.
2006-06-30 18:40:57 · answer #8 · answered by browneyedtony 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not our job to punish anyone, and we are the judge of no one. The scriptures say what a man sows is what he reaps. It's in God's design that it natually comes back on you...yup sooner or later you will get what you put out, and the victim doesn't have to lift a finger...just forgive in your heart.
2006-06-30 18:44:16 · answer #9 · answered by Author Al 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is punishing someone wrong in your eyes?
2006-06-30 18:42:06 · answer #10 · answered by Black Fedora 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋