Is punishment necessary and if so why?  |
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 What are your thoughts on punishment, do you feel that it is ever necessary? There are those who believe that we don't have enough punishment in today's world, that criminals should have to suffer more for their crimes. We also have those who believe the opposite that there is no point in punishment at all, that it does absolutely no good. Do you think the day may come when our society will be looked upon as being barbaric and revengeful?
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1.  manong05 (2930) | 3 months ago |  An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Crime committed deserves an appropriate punishment. I can not imagine a society when every member does what they want and get away with it. Punishment is necessary and reward is in order. Even in barbaric communities disobedience to establish rules merits punishment.
cheers!
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 Pose123 (5813) | 3 months ago | Hi manong, Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this and I'm sure that many think as you do. While I don't agree with an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, I can of course see your point. I wasn't thinking of a person doing whatever he/she wants and getting away with it, they must of course be kept away from society, but does a life for a life do any good at all, does it help society to function better? Blessings. | |
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| 2. Graceekwenx (531) | 3 months ago |  In my honest opinion, punishments are necessary to balance a wrongdoing. People would always ask for justice especially when a crime was done. Come to think of it, sometimes the complainant may not even be contented with the punishment written by law. Like for instance, death of a family member. The family may even demand death for the criminal when in law, he is liable for lifetime imprisonment only. Justice should prevail...
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| Pose123 (5813) | 3 months ago | Hi Graceekwenx, Thank you for sharing your opinion and I'm sure that many people think that way. If someone demands death for the criminal who has taken a life, do you think they are seeking justice or revenge? Blessings. | |
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| Graceekwenx (531) | 3 months ago | You do have a point there. If the punishment is not enough for the complainant, then it must be revenge. But if punishment is good enough for complainant, then it must be justice. i could be wrong as it is again, a grey area. Where does one draw the line? | |
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| 3. vannice95 (65) | 3 months ago |  For me,it is necessary to imposed on somebody for wrongdoing. The bad elements, the lazy child or the criminal should be all punished, so therefore, punishment is important for maintaining the discipline, law and order. Punishment is necessary in some aspects. It prevents people from commiting mistakes. People must be fined for offences such as littering in public places,throwing garbage anywhere,smoking in prohibited area.
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| Pose123 (5813) | 3 months ago | Hi vannice, Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Blessings. | |
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4.  kumarpslv (1729) | 3 months ago |  If we don't have any punishments in the world, then the world will come to end very soon.Even after having the punishments, we are not able to bring the activities of the criminals into a control.Then how to stop their ill doings? Though it is not possible to stop the criminals even after having the punishment options, we can not say that it is useless; If there are no punishments, then they will do anything. Now most of the countries are against the death penalty and it is sure they are making this slogan just to do their politics.If the death penalty is not there, we can not control the criminal activities. But unfortunately, it seems the death penalty may be abolished in all of the countries slowly.
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| Pose123 (5813) | 3 months ago | Hi kumarpslv, Thank you for sharing your thoughts and many people think as you do. Blessings. | |
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| 5. krajibg (2494) | 3 months ago |  Very nice topic indeed. What is punishment? Is it third degree punishment or psychological one? I am sure once you render third degree punishment to one and when he/she would be out of the cell would be all filled up with the thought of revenge. No where lies the authenticity of punishment?
Punishment is meant to change the approach nd the attitude of the person and if it has to fail what is the use?
In my view punishment should be like one which would provide a scope to the doesr that whatsoever he/she did was not good and it made humanity suffer. Just to be frank I do not support hanging as the ultimate form of punishment.
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| Pose123 (5813) | 3 months ago | Hi rajib, Thank you for your thoughts and I don't agree with capital punishment either. I believe we think very much alike on the subject of punishment, the criminals will often seek revenge on society for his punishment instead of changing his/her ways. Our present system clearly isn't working and there has to be a new approach. Of course dangerous offenders must be kept out of society unless it is certain that they have reformed. Punishment however is not the way to go and I believe that future generations will judge us harshly. Blessings. | |
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| 6. neelianoscet (2064) | 3 months ago |  Yeah, punishment is only right to be implemented as I observe in my country before their is a death penalty and the crimes is not reduce. It also means with or without punishment criminals mind are really born to widespread evilness and no one could control it even death penalty. Despite of this i am in favor of having punishment it may be either death or life imprisonment as long as the accused person receives the same treatment with his family victims and undergo fair trial and judgment.
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| Pose123 (5813) | 3 months ago | Hi neelianoscet, Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Blessings. | |
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| 7. Simon1223 (279) | 3 months ago |  According to the views of most current people, people should be rewarded for their achievements and be punished for their wrongdoings. So the current system should cater for such views. If a criminal is not punished for his crime properly, people will think it injustice and those potential criminals will be encouraged. Maybe the current system would be regarded barbaric and renengeful in the future. But so long as the current generation thinks that the system works well, it is a good system.
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| Pose123 (5813) | 3 months ago | Hi Simon, Thank you for sharing and I think you put that very well. I know that criminals can't be allowed to roam at well and do as they wish. I believe however that there is a better way then our current system, and I expect you are right about how we will be looked upon in the future. Blessings. | |
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| Pose123 (5813) | 3 months ago | Hi LetranKnight, Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I know that criminals cannot be allowed to roam free in society doing what they want, but I'm not sure that they learn much from being punished, and will often commit the same crime or a worse one after they are released. I think that there might be a better way. Blessings. | |
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| 9. Mirita (1608) | 3 months ago |  I really believe that some people are just so barbaric that
they need to be punished to the maximum to protect society.
For example, a person who kills a child should be put in
prision for life in order to protect other children. We just
can't take any chances with criminals of that nature.
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| Pose123 (5813) | 3 months ago | Hi Mirita, Thank you for sharing and I agree that some people must be kept in prison for life, in fact I think that many are let out when they should not be. When a murderer or rapist is released from prison against the advice of medical professionals, we are putting society at risk. I don't agree with capital punishment and I think that all prisoners should be treated well as we cannot know the whole story about why they did what they did. Blessings. | |
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| 10. AndrewFreyne (2558) | 3 months ago |  This post contains content of a mature nature. You must be Signed in or Registered to have the option to view this content.
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| Pose123 (5813) | 3 months ago | Hi Andrew, Thank you for sharing your opinion but personally I don't think that Capital Punishment is a deterrent for criminals furthermore, I believe that it can be proven by looking at history. There was a time, about two hundred years ago or less, when dozens of crimes were punishable by death in most of the western world. There would be public hangings where people would even bring their children to see what happened to those who broke the law. I have read that on days when there were hangings, more crimes were committed than at any other time in the year. We have made a lot of progress in recent years in human rights and I wouldn't want to see things go back to the way they were in the middle ages. I do think that rapists and murderers are often let out of prison when they should not be as they are still a danger to society. I am often dumbfounded that such people are released when medical professionals say that they will almost certainly re-offend. Such people should be declared dangerous offenders and never given a chance to commit such a crime again as they have shown that they can't exist with others in society. Blessings. | |
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