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To: Sam Gamgee

I hear you loud and clear, friend. I'm very much an Old Testament type of fellow myself. And I believe that in many cases, we should forgive. But there is more to justice than moving on, or moving some money around. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a life for a life was not included in the Good Book for no reason.


31 posted on 11/03/2005 9:52:50 AM PST by Alexander Rubin (Octavius - You make my heart glad building thus, as if Rome is to be eternal.)
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To: Alexander Rubin
It's not just that. The rule of law is fundamental to any truly free society. Without it we become Mexico. So we are to forgive on a personal level. But we still need a secular institution to exact justice. Not to rehabilitate. But to punish. We can see what the absence of punishment can bring. Consider the sentences that have been handed out lately to CEOs who looted their shareholders. This jail time will make the next gang of would-be crooks think twice.
36 posted on 11/03/2005 1:07:10 PM PST by Sam Gamgee
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