Recalled judge in Stanford swimmer Brock Turner case fired

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5. We're the same species with members who

liked viewing criminals as they were torn to bits in the arena, who enjoyed seeing those simply accused of crimes and who were seen as inferior strung up or burned at the stake.

To some extent, when we're down we need to see others humbled and humiliated to show that we're really people, too.

To some extent, if there's injustice and wrongs that we experience or simply perceive we have a built-in need to see somebody punished--and when push comes to shove, it's more important that somebody be punished than that they either learn to be better or that it even be the person actually guilty.

The only forgiveness for many is when the sinner repents and is converted. While the thought's clothed in religious garb, that thought isn't a particularly religious one and showed up equally well in Soviet samokritika, a thoroughly non-religious yet religious-like public confession of sins with repentance, penance, and acceptance back into the community of believers.