(June 9, 2016 at 5:06 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote:(June 9, 2016 at 5:01 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Societies that have used the nuclear option generally had less severe crimes. Not all societies can survive under the Norwegian model. People will always do what they want to do. That's why the price has to be very high. It discourages the mob of cheapskates.
But...punishments like the death penalty don't serve as effective deterrents. I think there was some data linked earlier about castration as well.
As I said, people will always do what they want to do. If someone really wanted to kill you he would regardless of the price he would have to pay. But a severe punishment would stop the other 99% of the people who would kill you if the punishment wasn't so severe.
People can survive castration without too many ill effects. So if a rapist wanted to rape a particular person he might consider it a fair price to pay. But if the punishment was a running chainsaw up his butt or being burned alive in a vat of hot tar he might think that the price just became too high. Even so, one guy might still be willing to pay that price. Chances are at that price most potential rapists would go rape a sex doll.
