On 5/13/2012 9:56 AM, John Clark wrote:
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Pierz <pier...@gmail.com
<mailto:pier...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> John Clarke seems to be saying
No e in my name. Although I'd love to say I'm Arthur C Clarke's illegitimate son the
fact is my father's name was Arthur E Clark.
> that the law is an ass, not because of human-level failures of
reasoning/justice
etc, but because the criminal was predestined to act the way s/he did, or
behaved
randomly, and in either case no reponsibility can be assigned.
I'm saying precisely the opposite of that, I'm saying responsibility can and should
ALWAYS be assigned.
The question is can it ever be assigned to someone else who caused the criminal to commit
the crime. The law certainly recognizes the possibility of coercing or suborning a crime.
Brent
Perhaps you chopped up people with a ax because you had bad genes or maybe because you
had a bad childhood or maybe a random quantum fluctuation in your brain turned you into
a monster; I don't know and I don't care because knowing why you are a monster does not
make you one bit less of a monster. That's why I'm in favor of the death penalty.
John K Clark
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