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frazzled

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3. I've got news for you

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Sun Sep 2, 2012, 04:51 PM

Sep 2012

It'll be done again even if people ARE punished.

I thought we had debunked the idea that, say, capital punishment is a deterrent to future crimes. Bad people are going to do bad things, even if no one is prosecuted. That's not an argument for not prosecuting them. But it is an argument against the idea that if we prosecute them, there will be no more torture in the future.

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If people know that they can get away with something, they WILL do it again [View all] phantom power Sep 2012 OP

Which is why Bush/Cheney should have been investigated and prosecuted for Cleita Sep 2012 #1

I have always said this sandyshoes17 Sep 2012 #2

I've got news for you frazzled Sep 2012 #3