Thank you for the prize. It was great to observe the interaction in last weeks deadpost intiative.. Good thing you noticed the Medicine Bag! Would've gone unnoticed for me also.
I have a deadpost that follows the theme of my last deadpost:
Is Our Criminal Justice Flawed? | Retributive Justice and the (il)logic Behind It
Small correction for your summary of my deadpost: He got out of closed section jail but he is still in a open prison. Sorry if that came unclear in the post.
I hope the laws are rewritten in such a way that the prisoners do not turn even more aggressive. They can be led to live in a country where they are made to serve the needy, in a supervised environment instead of spending time, cooped up in a cell and wasting their life
Well, I hope you don't get punished as your post will be one month old just tomorrow (at least on my computer time). Anyway, what is right and what is wrong depends on the society and the rules set that constitue it. Even today they might be quite disparate on this planet, and something what might be abominal among people living in one society might be completely normal in another society, a set rule so to say. So, what is ideal circumstances for an individual in one society could be a totally horrific, even repulsive, for an individual from another. The only hope there is, is that the laws change in the course of time (hopefully for the better), otherwise everywhere on the planet might be impossible to live. The only problem is that we are born into societal rules and the strings of the community might be anything on the scale from tight and benevolent to just downright abusive, so by the time we grow up, we are part of this and carrying it out, too. Sometimes it appears like diverse societies live on separate planets.
Oh, didn't realize as next to the post it said 'last month' when looking at my blog.
Thank you for such in depth comment, I clearly got you thinking, for which I'm happy!
It's nice to read some rational thinking regarding such an emotional subject for many. Your essay allows for a civilized debate on a number of levels. For example, you make it clear that you're using a Utilitarian yardstick to measure retributive justice. A lot of people seem to be more Deontological, at least when meting out penalties to others. I feel a lot of ambivalence about the whole system.
Thank you @creationofcare for your comment and feedback!
Yes, throwing random sentences with no backup have no meaning. Good arguments are the key!
You're definitely not the only one.
@celestal, it does seem that your views on justice are quite alligned with my own - except that I have allowed my views of the so-called justice system to develop into a seething contempt of it. It is in recognition of the need for me to cool down that I have not often delve into such.
I appreciate the depth to which you delve into this subject - and your jibe at retributivism. I am presently trying to break myself out of a negativity rut and so it may be some time before I revisit such subjects.
Oh. This has my vote!
Thank you @pathforger, I hope you'll get back on track.
accidental comment, should probably go to sleep before anymore of these happen