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From: gjk@talcott.UUCP (Greg J Kuperberg)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Bastille mentality (and moriarty's ?
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Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 13:16:28 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  5 13:16:28 1984
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> And some of us are not interested in punishing anybody.  I am
> interested in 
> 	a) compensating the victim (or heirs) as much as possible
> 	b) preventing a repeat by the same offender
> 	c) rooting out the causes of the anti-social behavior
> 	d) in general, changing society to support the
> 	   self-actualization of the individual (or whatever
> 	   buzzword your guru uses)
> 	e) more of the same
...
>  jhull@spp2.UUCP			Jeff Hull

Punishing a criminal doesn't solve any of the above except b).
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			Greg Kuperberg
		     harvard!talcott!gjk

"Madam, there is only one important question facing us, and that is the
question whether the white race will survive."  -Leonid Breshnev, speaking
to Margaret Thatcher.