Sorry TheOne but you're contradictory. A person = his/her actions, no matter how much you want to slice it. I think it does take a certain weird fantasy-like mentality to think otherwise like some other user was suggesting. With each more comment you write, it becomes clearer to me how highly you seem to think of society in general.
Also, do you really think that all criminals would legitimately feel sorry? If I were a sane criminal and committed a hideous act like murder for pleasure, and I saw people saying they should be sorry for me and trying to give me some "treatment", I would probably go through it all while laughing at their naivety from the inside. And people should hate me for that.
But most fundamentally, you're wrong about person /= actions. A person is not some special entity from another dimension controlling a lifeless body. A person is every bit his actions, and it doesn't even matter whether or not they choose their actions, or for what reasons they choose to do them. Since I believe I cannot change your mind with this (you're the stubborn type as evidenced by your conservation with Jay, and I know I'm stubborn to your arguments as well before you mention it), I will not post further but I will read further comments from you. If there's the slimmest chance your philosophy stands to hold real ground, I'll post back.
