Yes rather unsuprisingly Ian I agree with you, and I must say that my focus on compassion has been primarly the family not the condemed because I do agree with the concept of just punishment, and so see the compassion shown here as more relevant towards the family.
Do you think then that Chris weighs the same as a duck? On 26 Aug, 14:22, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/8/26 Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> > > > I vote to let my father or son die in prison. It's noteworthy, however, to > > add that when I had my own youthful run ins with the law, my father made > > sure I did not get to take advantage of an early release option well within > > his ability. > > I know Lee has repeatedly brought up the family aspect of this, but, whilst > it is a small factor, I believe the mercy aspect in criminal justice is > primarily focused on the individual. > > I'm honestly quite shocked by some people's crude, black and white, > interpretation of justice. (Some people's attitudes are about what I'd > expect.) The release of a man to die is a demonstration of a nation's > supreme humanity. As soon as you de-humanise the culprit -- which is the > dangerous the step people are taking -- your own humanity is left highly > questionable. > > I think people need to proceed more cautiously: search their own mind and > decide whether they understand, intellectually and emotionally, the > difference between justice and revenge. There's abundant evidence in this > thread that people's notions of justice are -- and I'm being as polite as I > can muster -- under-developed. > > > He didn't think of it as revenge, he called it "dealing with the > > consequences of my actions". Is that really a culturally different > > perspective? > > Learning the lessons of youth over misdemeanours is some steps removed from > a life-sentence. I assume you weren't terminally ill at the time, either? > > I know this is a serious discussion, but I can only think about the scene > from Monty Python's Holy Grail where the peasants are trying to get the > witch burnt. :) > > Ian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
