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| adjl 08/27/23 10:54:18 AM #24: | Revelation34 posted...
That argument can be used for the prison system in general. Why yes. Yes it can. Fundamentally, the US prison system is focused on punishment. Not rehabilitation, not protecting society, just the catharsis of making sure that somebody who did something bad has the bad time they "deserve." That... doesn't work. Emotional closure is fun and all, and there's some value in prison as a deterrent, but nothing about that approach actually seeks to solve the problem of crime, in many cases making recidivism rates (and therefore public safety) worse. Revelation34 posted... That only exists because of pro-lifers. Not really. Even the staunchest pro-choicers will generally agree that somebody who stabs a pregnant woman in the uterus should be held liable for that fetus' death beyond what a simple assault charge would convey. Exactly how to do that without also making abortion illegal is a topic with plenty of room for discussion, but the core idea of "you can murder fetuses" is pretty widely accepted. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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