tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11367545.post2322638421287058729..comments2024-03-23T08:38:29.067-04:00Comments on EricHerboso.org: Worthy of Attention: Taking Stock of Reality: Impugning PunishmentEric Herbosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07888413471076959781noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11367545.post-144928519569019702012-04-01T00:11:23.091-04:002012-04-01T00:11:23.091-04:00Picarpo, you're right. Changing the justice sy...Picarpo, you're right. Changing the justice system will not reduce the country's crime rate. Social mentality would also have to change; and as Anonymous noted, changing this society's mentality would indeed be a very hard thing to do.<br /><br />Nevertheless, even if the crime rate were not to change at all, it would still be preferable to change the justice system to one of a more permissive sort. Surely, one must recognize that if severe punishment does not make any difference as a deterrent from treating criminals as sick, then it does not affect society negatively to be more permissive -- and it actually improves the lives of convicts. This results in an altogether better world, and hopefully, that is what everyone wants in the end.Eric Herbosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07888413471076959781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11367545.post-31228760654441771512012-04-01T00:11:01.220-04:002012-04-01T00:11:01.220-04:00Good article. I somewhat agree with picarpo, but I...Good article. I somewhat agree with picarpo, but I think a lot of the social mentality has to do with the way the gov's structured, including the judicial system. I also think that if we really wanted equality, our government would change (again, including our judicial system), and the media would be a great help. Just showing poverty and some ways in which people can help would (I think) be a great way to help poverty- and in doing do, help reduce the crime rates. This, however, is not a society that wants equality (or even freedom for that matter), we want ego: a big ass tv, McDonalds for dinner, a pool in the back yard, and to drive our comfortable SUV's. Hopefully this will change over time, but greed only grows with power, so who knows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11367545.post-51745889917297249492012-04-01T00:10:24.069-04:002012-04-01T00:10:24.069-04:00You make it seem like a change in the justice syst...You make it seem like a change in the justice system alone will drastically reduce the country's crime rate, but it would also require the correct social and legislative mentality, and social maturity. For instance, fines would only work in Finland if there aren't socialist programs to provide money to the poor; or, if there are, that criminals are ineligible to receive their benefits. The same would have to be with health care. This may result in the criminal dying, for perhaps a non-serious crime. This concept could not be realized in the current states of mind in many countries. Social maturity comes in in that it has to be an embarrassment to commit a crime. I'm not sure if implementing the Japanese method in Western societies would work, or just turn out to be a joke. I expect that in Japan a lot more emphasis is placed on social status and professionality.<br /><br />I think some of the most meaningful evidence as to Finland's low crime rate has to do not with their justice system, but their societal mentality. This could probably only be observed by physically going to Finland, which I would like to do some time. (Sibelius is a beast.)picarponoreply@blogger.com