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Originally Posted by stampsx2
Can you explain to me what's wrong with prison vigilantism? Seriously asking. I'm trying to understand. As far as i'm concerned i say line em up and shoot them but prison vigilantism's not bad.
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When we sentence people to prison for a crime, no matter how heinous, there is never the whole
"I'm sentencing you to 20 years in jail, with daily beatings and possible rape"
Vigilantism is wrong its outside of the system of crime and punishment that we've developed, on top of that taking joy in the suffering of others, no matter how heinous the other person is, isn't justice, its sadism.
Hey look, I was one of those beat him up in prison, etc for a long time, and I don't know why my opinion has taken a 180, but to me what separates us from scum like these two, is that we as a society can't be sadistic about the punishment we give.
Should jails be horrible places, absolutely, I think that there has to be a deterrence factor based on how your punished, but to me that extends to bad but nutritiously correct food, no luxury items, really no T.V. or other thngs like that. I'd like to see an element of hard labor sentences bought back, but there also has to be a sincere attempt to rehabilitate, and beating the stuffing out of these two isn't going to do that.
Now, if the judge had sentenced them to 50 lashes and 25 years in jail, I wouldn't blink. If the judge had ordered their execution, I would probably be happy when they left this mortal coil. But its not up to the inmates to dispense punishment.