The current zeitgeist is ridiculously punitive. People seem to love nothing better than to indulge their retributive impulses.
No mate, you don't deserve to lose everything because you wore a stupidly offensive t-shirt. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-36746352 …
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That should be no part of progressive politics, but somehow it's become respectable. It shames the Left, and should be resisted.
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no, but not sure how a £600 fine equates to having lost everything?
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He's lost friends, marriage, job, etc - but thinks he deserves it...
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I wonder if he genuinely thinks this? He presumably had friends in the pub with him that day?
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I don't know. But Jon Ronson's recent book is interesting in terms of how people can unravel because of shame.
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we can learn from all experiences, positive and negative. Rarely if ever should single actions define us.
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Indeed. And we should never suppose that in the "right" circumstances we couldn't be led to do terrible things.
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