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just because I want to hear someone's opinion.
Im not saying its right....Im saying look at it this way.

2006-10-26 10:40:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government Law & Ethics

"But I do think that a lot of people don't know the difference between justice and revenge"
- aviator

2006-10-26 10:50:30 · update #1

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I have seen quite a bit of cases where a sex offender gets a lighter sentence then I think is appropriate. This is probably because these few cases get overblown, and we don't see the ones where they do get proper sentences. But I do think that a lot of people don't know the difference between justice and revenge. And also, sentences aren't for the purpose of preventing other crimes, they are for the purpose of justice.

2006-10-26 10:47:52 · answer #1 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 0 1

I was hoping to respond to your comment on this question.

Punishment is to vindicate the family of the victim and help society feel safer about the people it the community. Punishment is meant to teach a lesson, and show other potential offenders that the behavior is not tolerated. Jusitice is punishment. Revenge would be the victim's family killing the criminal themselves.

Getting back to your answer, I can almost understand where you're coming from. But EVERY person who commits a crime is someone's mother, or son, or friend. Just because someone cares about the predator doesn't mean they did nothing wrong. Governments can't make exceptions in punishment based on the person's family.

Even if a person believes in forgiveness, society is safer because a convicted criminal is behind bars.

I hope this never happens to you, but if someone you loved was raped and murdered, would you not feel safer if the person who did it were brought to justice? Behind bars or dead, that criminal won't hurt anyone else ever again, and then no one would have to experience the pain you felt, or the pain your loved one did.

2006-10-26 11:09:28 · answer #2 · answered by oh really 3 · 0 0

First, this isn't about lust. It is about power, exploitation, and generally feeling entitled to do what you wish to anyone. People like that need to be removed from society. Their families will be better off without them. These people choose themselves over their families and loved ones. It is the criminal who must feel bad for how their families are affected, not the courts. However, we all know these types of criminals would not show those feelings. We are talking about protecting innocent children here. I think the families would be glad their criminal loved one could not harm anyone else. They would be glad something is being done to help. And in the case of a violent sex offender, they would probably be glad the person is being punished to the fullest extent of the law.

Sometimes you have to look beyond yourself and what you want and be glad to help everyone else on the planet, like when you usher your loved one off to prison for assaulting a child.

2006-10-26 11:26:01 · answer #3 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 2 0

Punishment, yes! Now the problem is; what punishment fits the crime? Neither punishment or death deters crime, as Dickens wrote" heads were chopped off all day daily, and neither streets or highways were safe". If punishment deterred crimes Texas would have had zero crime during Mr. Bushes time as governor. At the same time it would be wrong to leave crimes against society to go unpunished.

2006-10-26 11:12:27 · answer #4 · answered by longroad 5 · 0 0

preface- i do respect your opinion and see your reasoning, but here's mine:

its meant to prevent people from doing what others have already been punished for. its meant to ostracize and alienate people who are threats to our society.

the law should enforce justice - punishment happens to be convenient side-effect that vindicates familes of those who have been victims of criminals. if the criminals weren't anti-social, disturbed people, they would see it as justice that they are being put behind bars and exposed as they should be it. as it is, they are disturbed anti-social people who whine about being punished.

tough. justice is a b itch.

edit-revenge is what you make of it. if i get a DUI ticket and pay a fine, i might consider it justice as an upstanding citizen, and happily pay my fine. mother's against drunk driving might feel vindicated by my punishment and hefty fine.

its only revenge when you have a personal stake. i personally want child molestors and predators locked up and their identities exposed to communities they live in because they've proven that they're dangerous to society - its not merely punishment, its precaution, and its just.

2006-10-26 10:45:59 · answer #5 · answered by kujigafy 5 · 1 0

Punishment is society's way of saying... stop doing something.

2006-10-26 10:48:14 · answer #6 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 0 0

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