richardhutnik said:
Societies have decided, rather than have each individual take justice in their own hands, they would implement a court system and an incarceration system, where people would be imprisoned against their will as punishment. In this situation, it is assumed they person incarcerating would provide the same level of care that a pet or zoo owner would, which is to provide for a safe environment with medical help and food and shelter. This is done, in part that the person incarcerated may be innocent, but also you are engaging in a system that violates basic human rights as a means of punishment, so the person in charge of the imprisioning must do things not normally done for free people. Anyhow, the issue here is that people who are free, when the economy suffers, end up having less benefits than people in prison. And, this is a problem. By the way, please explain how payback on the person who did the crime will make things better for the victims. Does the trama and memories of the rape go away? Does the person harmed get healed? |
Right. It's a bit like slavery in a way. You lose your freedom, but there is a burden on part of the owner (in this case, the State acting as incarcerator) to look after your wellbeing as part of their investment
The twisted part of all this is that we don't view healthcare as a matter of human wellbeing, we view it as a commodity. That's the only thing wrong with this picture
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
