I have a proposal that instead of prison we should be able to make people wear a t-shirt 24/7 saying their crime if there wasn't violence involved. (And restitution, obviously.) "Asshole liar."https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/1098076198255632386 …
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Okay, fine. I just think it would be funny to interact with all these different t-shirt people randomly during your day. Imagine an "asshole liar" trying to sell you a car.
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It is weird though that we use prison as a one size fits all punishment. I totally get physically removing someone if they're a stabber. Then they can't stab you. But like white collar crime or fraud? Make 'em wear the t-shirt and pay restitution. Prisons cost money.
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I'd be curious if we could ever come to a consensus over the goals we have for the criminal justice system. For me it's basically restitution if possible and the cessation of any further threat to the public. For many crimes, merely making sure the reputation stuck is enough. ?
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over the years I’ve really come to think that retribution/revenge is important
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sorry for the wall of text but this is the thought I connect it to mostpic.twitter.com/tScrysO9U9
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it’s a form of “help” or “support for victims”
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Hmmm. It's definitely something to let bounce around in my head.
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The act of vengeance, at least in part, is a ritual to restore the order of justice- a profound need buried deep in human nature. The sheer depth of this need is an argument both for vengeance as such, and for emphasizing the ritual aspect in a way which keeps things humane.
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yeah like...”society” can’t be there during the crime (in most cases) so it has to signal after the fact
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(signal in a costly way what the social order is)
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