Friday, March 30, 2007

The Utility of Hope

Do you know why the death penalty is not the punishment for everything? The children among you may raise their hand, thinking "fairness" and whatnot.

But seriously, why do we need others? It is for the protection of the police. If everyone, about to be apprehended, had nothing to expect but death--why, they would, in vertigo, fight tooth and nail for their survival. This is why even with those we want to kill, we at least want them to have some hope--to protect TeamLiquid's Finest, TLPD.

Would you blame people who have no hope, for committing further crimes? When you took away their hope, you unleashed the torrent. Then you look at what they did, after you took away their hope, and said, "See? They are bad. We were right to punish them so harshly." Fools.

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