Whilst it's true that the definition of crime changes - we don't prosecute for homosexuality, homelessness or atheism now - misses the point
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Whilst some things change, much more doesn't and looking at history via nature & culture is needed.
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Crime *is* a social construct. Fite me.
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Yes, it is but it's not arbitrary. Some of it is but much more is not.
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Maybe I don't know what 'social construct' means. Does it imply that it must be entirely arbitrary?
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'Dependent on culture' if you prefer,
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Well, the legal system does depend on culture, but culture depends on human behaviour. So they're not exclusive.
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Exactly. Some surface mores change but our moral emotions continue to guide our sense of right & wrong & so our law.
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I'd say reason is just as important, but we've had this argument too many times. Besides, you always give evolution credit for reason.
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Yes, that's a different point and I'm not excluding reason from the equation. Reason can be applied to everything.
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i mean, focault looked at social construction of criminality to show how it ends up as oppressive institutions. Not exactly same
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No, those are just three tweets.
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you mean, he's trying & failing to channel focault? that would be ill-advised
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I don't think he's trying to encapsulate all of Foucault's work in three tweets, no. Do you think Foucault would disagree with him?
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no, depends on the takeaway, which I can't tell from the tweets-- it's *purpose* of showing social construction of criminality that matters
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and i'm too lazy to go to dash's feed and see what's what
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Yes, quite. There are limits on the degree to which criminality is socially constructed and changeable.
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And I don't know if he's drawing them either. What he is saying is consistent with Foucault on criminality & that was my only point.
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He's right.
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I went on to talk about the extent to which this is right.
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