yep I'd like to restructure our criminal justice system so that 99% of problems are solved with some mix of * restitution * whipping * exile https://t.co/nkt2skEWN4
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Replying to @MorlockP
Not an 8A fan then, I take it. Treat every man according to his deserts, and whom shall escape whipping?, says Hamlet.
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Replying to @rebelcinder
I find whipping far less cruel than imprisonment. Were I offered the choice, I'd choose to be whipped.
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Replying to @MorlockP @rebelcinder
Depending on the severity of the "whipping", this might be one of the few times I seriously disagree with you. Assuming it's Singapore's variety, it's usually the most feared part of a punishment. Even the bullwhip variety was no joke as a punishment in naval tradition.
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Replying to @The_Petrichory @rebelcinder
It can be calibrated to be very painful but not disabling. Whipping / caning / whatever. There's some solution in that space which creates a serious disincentive to crime, but which does not destroy lives like 1 / 2 / 5 / 20 years of incarceration.
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Replying to @MorlockP @The_Petrichory
Do you trust the government to calibrate this, or anything, that exquisitely?
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Replying to @rebelcinder @The_Petrichory
I'm an anarchist. You know my desired end goal. Do YOU trust the government to calibrate how-many-years-of-imprisonment? Do you trust them to calibrate sufficiently-humane-facilities? I see this as a harm reduction proposal. ...and a choice we could offer to the convinced.
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Replying to @MorlockP @The_Petrichory
Oh, no, not in the slightest. But I'd rather the whips stayed out of their hands, a.o.q.
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if I were convicted today of some random crime (e.g. the one I was charged with in MA, in violation of the SCOTUS Heller decision), I'd go to jail for 5 years. I prefer a world where, once convicted, I am offered a CHOICE: 5 years or 100 lashes. I can still choose 5 years.
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