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I'm of the belief that threat of punishment is not a legitimate measure to prevent crime from occurring.

Throughout history, this has always been the case, and nothing we are going to do now is going to change that. The things that seemingly prevent crime from happening is education and class standing. Desperate people will resort to any means to get what they need, and no amount of punishment threat will change that.