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dmitrygr
11 days ago
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Three ways people respond to a problem (other than...
Wouldn’t you say that the lowered crime rate enjoyed by the innocent as a result is an improvement?
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srveale
11 days ago
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Why not just incarcerate everyone between the age of 15-27, if what we're worried about is crime rate.
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dmitrygr
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Because most of those people are not repeat violent criminals? We only need to incarcerate repeat violent offenders to reduce crime noticeably. This is not controversial. The data is linked-to above.
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srveale
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> Because most of those people are not repeat violent criminals
Oh so you do believe in justice
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inigyou
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If we incarcerated everyone, it would be even lower.
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dmitrygr
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Reductio ad absurdum
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