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Old 08-26-2013, 01:24 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Next you'll be saying that hit men shouldn't be jailed as they're just carrying out the orders of a higher-up! The whole "I was only following orders" or "I'm a small cog in a larger wheel" argument doesn't wash with me.
Using a hitman as an example is not a very good one. A hitman is normally an ex-military or espionage agent that has decided to use their skills as an assassin. They're professionals that are normally well remunerated and fully aware of the environment that they're working in. The average drug mule is normally somebody that is easy and vulnerable prey for the drug cartels and is on the promise of easy money, which they may or may not even get.

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US's community service thing might or might not work, but what do you say the solution should be?
The community service concept would work, it the Peruvian authorities were remotely interested in the rehabilitation of the offender and what the offender could offer the local community. But they're not and seem to view making examples with punitive punishments their top priority here. But then again should anything else be expected from them, they have no real concept of democracy and fairness in justice is simply an alien concept to them.
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If you can't deal with the fact that there are 6+ billion people in the world and none of them think exactly the same that's not my problem. Just deal with it yourself or make actual conversation. This isn't a court and I'm not some poet or prophet that needs everything I say to be analytically critiqued.
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Old 08-26-2013, 03:24 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Using a hitman as an example is not a very good one.

Yeah I know. I couldn't think of another one off the top of my head and I was on the way out the door...
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The community service concept would work, it the Peruvian authorities were remotely interested in the rehabilitation of the offender and what the offender could offer the local community. But they're not and seem to view making examples with punitive punishments their top priority here. But then again should anything else be expected from them, they have no real concept of democracy and fairness in justice is simply an alien concept to them.
Yeah but I want to know what HIS solution or suggestion is...
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Old 08-26-2013, 03:25 PM   #3 (permalink)
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On a slightly non-related subject, 216 your avatar is giving me a headache.
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Old 08-26-2013, 03:37 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Yeah but I want to know what HIS solution or suggestion is...
Sorry if I was trying to wear the bat cape again, I go back to being the riddler again.

Also your last 'quote' wasn't done properly and it looks like I've written it.
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