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RE: Debate help?!
September 3, 2012 at 12:31 pm
(September 3, 2012 at 12:21 pm)Minimalist Wrote:
Quote:If the judiciary is simply about revenge, that gives the green light for citizens to handle the revenge themselves.

That's a non sequitur. The state takes the place of citizens having to handle revenge. Like that scene in Lawrence of Arabia where he shot a criminal rather than start a blood feud in his army by letting them do it themselves.

Sounds more like justice than revenge, to me Smile
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Debate help?! - by WhatIfGodWasJustAMyth - September 2, 2012 at 11:02 am
RE: Debate help?! - by Red Celt - September 2, 2012 at 11:26 am
RE: Debate help?! - by padraic - September 3, 2012 at 12:07 am
RE: Debate help?! - by Red Celt - September 3, 2012 at 5:07 am
RE: Debate help?! - by Angrboda - September 3, 2012 at 1:33 am
RE: Debate help?! - by padraic - September 3, 2012 at 5:22 am
RE: Debate help?! - by Minimalist - September 3, 2012 at 12:06 pm
RE: Debate help?! - by Red Celt - September 3, 2012 at 12:15 pm
RE: Debate help?! - by Minimalist - September 3, 2012 at 12:21 pm
RE: Debate help?! - by Red Celt - September 3, 2012 at 12:31 pm
RE: Debate help?! - by Minimalist - September 3, 2012 at 12:32 pm

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