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Crime-Doers Are Not The Only Ones At Fault; Thus, They Should Not Be The Only Ones Punished
From what I know, dysfunctional families are a key part in creating crime-doers. Since the crime-doer in question did not ask to be raised in such a family, is it completely their fault? Shouldn't both the crime-doer and the guardians be punished? And is the punishment of clinically insane people justified, since the definition of "insane" means not knowing the difference between right and wrong?
 bookworm3  07 Apr 2009 01:42
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People make choices. Sometimes they make the wrong ones, and should be disciplined as such.

My brother has been raised very well, yet still he's a delinquent who enjoys upsetting others, so I think that the fault lies solely on the wrongdoer in question.
 
 RoboHippo  16 May 2009 08:50
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I agree dysfunctional families do play a role but in the end it is that persons choice they are doing what they want to do they know what they are doing and on the mentally insane thing i do not think that the mentally insane should be jailed i think that they should be sent somewhere to get help.
 
 shipp  08 Apr 2009 16:55
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I think there is too high a risk of this going too far. A major risk factor in becoming a criminal is being poor, we are hardly going to put people in jail for that.
 
 Quincel  07 Apr 2009 10:07
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 just not factual in content:

the best data we have is crimes are more often committed by WHITE-COLLAR WHITE MALES.
by  jalapenos
 07 Apr 2009 16:17
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Well ill tell you one relevant bit of info that may make you think. I'm from a completely functional family. We are happy and hardworking however; my philosophy is that a law is not broken unless someone is there to enforce it. And that a person whos does something that others consider wrong is not doing wrong unless they themselves willingly admit it's wrong.
 
 Smito  07 Apr 2009 05:56
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 the truth is this:

the fox is the finder who laid it behind him/her: it is the ones who are going around ACCUSING and BASHING and LYING and DEMEANING and ASSAULTING and STALKING and FILING BOGUS CHARGES WITHOUT ANY VALID TRUTH IN BASIS OF REALITY who are the real criminals and eventually these women mostly who do this are cowards and just jealous of their betters better looking and smarter women than what those pitiful females are and have who are the liars who do all this stuff because they lack the character and the courage to be a decent human being and these pits these females dig? they shall fall into their own pits themselves.
Just watch and see it.
Justice is what all religions on earth agree on only this one principle from which these liars/women will receive their just retribution:

"what goes around comes around".
"the boomerang-effect".
"the principle of sowing and reaping".
"Karma".
"Everything you do comes back on your own head".
by  jalapenos
 07 Apr 2009 16:23
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First of all "criminal" is a label.
For a label to be justified it must be applicable.
Prove it before you use it.
You may be totally incorrect.
Just because you have an assumption about someone does not indicate that you have any real basis for your opinion in reality.
Check your premises.

Just because someone who does not like someone else or their style, and begins to use slander gossip about that innocent person, does in no way relegate that individual/the accused, to the realm of suspect or criminal.
Proof is required.
Innocent until PROVEN guilty.
Including yourself.

One law for all alike. Equal under the law.
 
 jalapenos  07 Apr 2009 01:45
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 Why would somebody call someone a criminal based on their style?

Okay, I'll give you an example: imagine a serial killer who has confessed to the crime and has been proven guilty. Their background consists of an abusive father and a neglectful mother. Are they completely at fault if their parents made them a bit...angry?
by  bookworm3
 07 Apr 2009 01:56
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