Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site talcott.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!wjh12!talcott!gjk From: gjk@talcott.UUCP (Greg J Kuperberg) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Bastille mentality (and moriarty's ? Message-ID: <164@talcott.UUCP> Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 13:16:28 EST Article-I.D.: talcott.164 Posted: Wed Dec 5 13:16:28 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Dec-84 04:49:37 EST References: <268@we53.UUCP> <8200039@acf4.UUCP> <274@spp2.UUCP> <2824@ucbcad.UUCP> <288@spp2.UUCP> Organization: Harvard Lines: 20 > 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). --- 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.