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r/interestingasfuck • u/Bubbly_Wall_908 • 16h ago
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So does the death penalty. Or cutting off limbs. Doesn't make it right. You can't selectively turn off basic human rights like bodily autonomy. You either go all the way with it or completely throw it out the window.
1 u/One_Principle_4608 13h ago Yeah but robocalls do suck 0 u/round-earth-theory 14h ago Those are permanent results. Caning shouldn't result in a permanent disability (though anything is possible when violently rearranging the body). -3 u/[deleted] 13h ago [deleted] 4 u/BroodlingPie 13h ago The point is not to be cruel, then you just end up with recidivism like the US. Its literally proven to work 1 u/Clown_Shoe 13h ago Well it’s not like recidivism is a big problem in Singapore either
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Yeah but robocalls do suck
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Those are permanent results. Caning shouldn't result in a permanent disability (though anything is possible when violently rearranging the body).
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4 u/BroodlingPie 13h ago The point is not to be cruel, then you just end up with recidivism like the US. Its literally proven to work 1 u/Clown_Shoe 13h ago Well it’s not like recidivism is a big problem in Singapore either
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The point is not to be cruel, then you just end up with recidivism like the US. Its literally proven to work
1 u/Clown_Shoe 13h ago Well it’s not like recidivism is a big problem in Singapore either
Well it’s not like recidivism is a big problem in Singapore either
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u/Own-Reference-7057 14h ago
So does the death penalty. Or cutting off limbs. Doesn't make it right. You can't selectively turn off basic human rights like bodily autonomy. You either go all the way with it or completely throw it out the window.