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Originally Posted by diuretic
Penalties exist to deter as well as to punish and to allow societal revenge. There's no deterrent to a child rapist who thinks that killing the victim is a good idea.
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No, if a child rapist wants to kill the victim, nothing is going to stop him. So, you focus on punishment and not deterrence (not that the death penalty was ever really a deterrent).
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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.
"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."
The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.
"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."
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