Islam

[WinterHold]

The point is spreading fear between criminals or any person who wants to commit robbery in the future.
Though, eye witnesses can be filtered and validated through many steps of trial. In our age, cameras might be used too.

Sounds like cruelty is the point.  Spreading fear makes people fearful, but it doesn't prevent them from committing crimes. You end up with a larger pile of severed hands and no fewer criminals.

I have to ask, though, what was with all that kumbaya horseshit from earlier?  Maybe we should rape people to death with frozen cheesecakes, to spread fear.  It won't prevent crime, but neither will cutting off appendages.

Spreading fear in response to criminal behavior is the best method to fight crime. That's exactly why the police is armed. I would sleep better knowing that thieves are punished under a just system.

You can't stop crime anyway; and no matter what you do you'll have criminals who never fear punishments, but who ever said that punishment is to end crime? it is for the victim of the crime to sleep better at night.

Again; talk about severed hands and I'll speak about years wasted from the convict's life in the barbaric concrete-box sentences.