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849 points dvektor | 7 comments | 16 Jun 25 12:32 UTC | HN request time: 1.4s | source | bottom
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ArthurStacks[dead post] ◴[16 Jun 25 17:08 UTC] No.44291367[source]▶
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bastawhiz ◴[16 Jun 25 17:49 UTC] No.44291709[source]▶
Sorry, but this is a disgusting take. Addiction is well established as an illness. It's outright shameful to suggest that someone who is going through recovery is purely doing it as a grift. What you're suggesting is that we can't trust that rehabilitation is possible or reasonable, which is a deeply cruel prospect.
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1. ArthurStacks ◴[16 Jun 25 17:54 UTC] No.44291761[source]▶
And I'm sure if you had your way the prisons would be empty of anyone convicted of a drug related crime because 'they and their terribly sad addictions/illnesses are the real victims'

Theyre in prison as a punishment for crimes

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2. glommer ◴[16 Jun 25 18:15 UTC] No.44291983[source]▶
Preston has never asked for anyone's sympathy or understanding about his past crimes. If you read his stuff, he owns it fully, is incredibly sorry. He's the first to admit that what he did had very real consequences.
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3. bastawhiz ◴[16 Jun 25 22:14 UTC] No.44293889[source]▶
To what end? To spend tax dollars? To make them rot away indefinitely?

What good are we doing to society if we are keeping rehabilitated individuals locked up at taxpayer expense? There's no objectively correct amount of punishment. The correct amount of punishment should be the smallest amount of time necessary to be confident that the criminal won't cause more harm to society, especially when the crime was committed as the result of a treatable illness like addiction.

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4. ArthurStacks ◴[17 Jun 25 01:20 UTC] No.44294881[source]▶
Great. Now let him go sit in a jail cell and recieve his punishment, and give the dev opportunity to someone who didnt sell drugs and chose the easy route
5. ArthurStacks ◴[17 Jun 25 01:21 UTC] No.44294889[source]▶
To what end? Justice.
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6. greglansky ◴[17 Jun 25 17:17 UTC] No.44301420[source]▶
He's never honestly admitted his crimes in public, on his blog or anywhere. He doesn't own it fully, he tries to absolve himself of ill-intent thoroughly.
7. bastawhiz ◴[18 Jun 25 01:33 UTC] No.44305832{3}[source]▶
Justice goes both ways. How much punishment is too much justice? At some point you're just being cruel, which the US constitution forbids.