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Originally Posted by static-harmony

A person should be punished because they deserve, it simple as that. As for what punishment they deserve it depends on where they are and how that culture punishes people. It also gives people who lost lives some closure.

that's a knee-jerk response if i ever saw one. what does it mean to "deserve" punishment, exactly? i'm not saying saddam should go free. i'm just asking you to look beyond the automatic response into why we think the way we do about these things, and figure out if it makes sense.

here's a little background reading on the subject.