(September 22, 2015 at 12:52 pm)pocaracas Wrote:(September 22, 2015 at 12:47 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote:
I don't understand how this is a response to me pointing out that you were presenting a false dichotomy in your previous post.
I didn't even addressed that part... I took the hit silently.
It's more the second part in which you seem to be assuming that the man is still a danger to society. I say that he is not likely to be such a danger. Evaluate him and then, if he is a danger, I agree he should be locked up... if not, then why bother?
Okay, it seems we just have a misunderstanding then.
I was responding only to your question of whether the justice system is for revenge or correction. I was not intending for the additional option I presented to be applied to this situation, but merely as an example to illustrate the false dichotomy.
I have already addressed that his potential current danger to society is speculation (pending actual evidence of further abuses). (See post #52)
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.