[lbo-talk] another brick in that neolib wall

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Sun Apr 30 19:47:09 PDT 2006


Why are you surprised? Why is punishment administered by the state acceptable but punishment administered by an individual, not?

If you're arguing that mercy is the highest form of justice, that's one thing; but, if you're arguing that punishment is never right when the state is not involved, then I'm the one that's puzzled.

Joanna

Jordan Hayes wrote:


>> But my friend's ex-husband found out about it,
>> uenarthed the guy and gave him a sound beating.
>>
>> I was very glad that he did that.
>
>
> If he had been arrested for assault or worse (attempted murder?) and
> convicted, would you be 'very glad' about that too?
>
> I'm pretty surprised by this thread.
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