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by pawelmurias 1041 days ago
> My work, directly, put a lot of (admittedly TERRIBLE) people in prison.

Dude you should be super proud of yourself. If you help lock up scumbags you are a real hero. You take some piece of shit that things he is a king of the universe and only lives to make countless peoples lives much worse and not only do you make him pay but make the lives of decent people much much better.

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It is a mark of compassion to feel pity. Doing the right thing does not have to bring joy.
I don't think reality is that clear cut. Unless he's talking about sex offenders (and he very well might be), the truth always has a little bit of gray.

Have you thought about what a punishment even a year in jail is. Yet we have no problem throwing 5-10 year sentence at people and calling it "light". Sitting in a cage all day surrounded by sweaty sociopaths isn't seen a harsh punishment, which is astonishing.