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Louisiana Judges Issue Harsher Sentences When the LSU Football Team Loses
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Re: Louisiana Judges Issue Harsher Sentences When the LSU Football Team Loses
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Repair is only applicable when there is victim. The other point is that certain acts can not be meaningfully repaired/repaid within our current societal context. I.e. How do you measure the repayment or actions-required to repair a life that is taken by someone? I would argue indentured servitude is a valid way to go, but it makes people uncomfortable because they see it as slavery. Yet, keeping someone locked up in…
> Yet, keeping someone locked up in an unproductive cage, to watch them wither away is somehow "rehabilitating" them. I don't think most people claim its rehabilitation. I think the "rehabilitation" angle is political word play and would bet that most people who support harsh prison sentences see it (and support it) as punishment.
There's an element of doublethink, yes. But the entire system pretends to be about rehabilitation. The language is everywhere. Even prisons are "correctional facilities". It's troublesome because it makes it difficult to have a conversation about actual rehabilitation.
Interesting question - why is the "political wordplay" even necessary?