Gavin Novawk wrote:What is largely ignored is that whilst individuals should be condemned for such actions actions, should they show true remorse (hence never repeat their actions), and work for the community to redeem themselves, then they may have a chance of being re-integrated back into the community. I know on The LKE side of things, we have banned a forum destroyer on more than one occasion because they have seemingly taken pride in their actions, which is utterly despicable and unwelcome in The LKE and indeed, I believe, the NationStates world.
The LKE doesn't necessarily represent the NationStates world, which means that the world might not have the same views LKE has.
What you are doing is called projection, that is, assuming everyone else will work like you do, which is, yet, another wrong assumption.
Also wrong is your pseudo lesson on criminal law.
Punishments have multiple goals, not just the one you're putting an excessive focus on.
(External, who relate to the community in general, to provide the idea that the laws are worth abiding to, and to feed the idea that actions will have consequences, so people feel unmotivated to break the law;
Internal goals relating to the agent committing the "crime", that aim to both punish and reintegrate in the community;
Mind you, this is the german pandectistic doctrine, and legal systems from different families might have different views; but that is not the case of the one you come from; you're just saying things you know nothing about, and yet have some duty to know).
You also add some considerations, like "when people show true remorse, they never repeat their actions", which is an awful lot to say, and I doubt you have the facts or capacity to demonstrate such unproven statements. Essentially, [citation needed].
