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#punishment — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #punishment, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Stop the #UK #fines racket

    Volunteer in #Nottingham #fined for leaving 1 kale leaf in shopping #trolley

    She was fined by #privatised enforcement agent contracted by #council, who was incentivised to issue as many fines as possible

    - This shouldn’t happen any more

    New #Defra guidance clearly bans ‘pay per #fine’ incentivised #punishment

    But #councils are so far ignoring this guidance, which has not been publicised

    freedomineverydaylife.org/fund

    #profits #greed #hostile #capitalism

  2. Stop the #UK #fines racket

    Volunteer in #Nottingham #fined for leaving 1 kale leaf in shopping #trolley

    She was fined by #privatised enforcement agent contracted by #council, who was incentivised to issue as many fines as possible

    - This shouldn’t happen any more

    New #Defra guidance clearly bans ‘pay per #fine’ incentivised #punishment

    But #councils are so far ignoring this guidance, which has not been publicised

    freedomineverydaylife.org/fund

    #profits #greed #hostile #capitalism

  3. Stop the #UK #fines racket

    Volunteer in #Nottingham #fined for leaving 1 kale leaf in shopping #trolley

    She was fined by #privatised enforcement agent contracted by #council, who was incentivised to issue as many fines as possible

    - This shouldn’t happen any more

    New #Defra guidance clearly bans ‘pay per #fine’ incentivised #punishment

    But #councils are so far ignoring this guidance, which has not been publicised

    freedomineverydaylife.org/fund

    #profits #greed #hostile #capitalism

  4. Stop the #UK #fines racket

    Volunteer in #Nottingham #fined for leaving 1 kale leaf in shopping #trolley

    She was fined by #privatised enforcement agent contracted by #council, who was incentivised to issue as many fines as possible

    - This shouldn’t happen any more

    New #Defra guidance clearly bans ‘pay per #fine’ incentivised #punishment

    But #councils are so far ignoring this guidance, which has not been publicised

    freedomineverydaylife.org/fund

    #profits #greed #hostile #capitalism

  5. Stop the #UK #fines racket

    Volunteer in #Nottingham #fined for leaving 1 kale leaf in shopping #trolley

    She was fined by #privatised enforcement agent contracted by #council, who was incentivised to issue as many fines as possible

    - This shouldn’t happen any more

    New #Defra guidance clearly bans ‘pay per #fine’ incentivised #punishment

    But #councils are so far ignoring this guidance, which has not been publicised

    freedomineverydaylife.org/fund

    #profits #greed #hostile #capitalism

  6. A quotation from John Adams

       We are to look upon it as more beneficial, that many guilty persons should escape unpunished, than one innocent person should suffer. The reason is, because it’s of more importance to community, that innocence should be protected, than it is, that guilt should be punished; for guilt and crimes are so frequent in the world, that all of them cannot be punished; and many times they happen in such a manner, that it is not of much consequence to the public, whether they are punished or not.
       But when innocence itself, is brought to the bar and condemned, especially to die, the subject will exclaim, it is immaterial to me, whether I behave well or ill; for virtue itself, is no security. And if such a sentiment as this, should take place in the mind of the subject, there would be an end to all security what so ever.

    John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
    Speech (1770-12-03/04), Argument for the Defense, Boston Massacre Trial

    More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/15073/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #bostonmassacre #nothingtolose #civilrights #crime #criminal #exoneration #guilt #guilty #innocence #innocents #justice #lawandorder #moralhazard #protection #punishment #security #socialcontract #justicesystem

  7. A quotation from Euripides

    JASON: The curse of children’s blood be on you!
       Avenging Justice, blast your being!
    MEDEA: What god will hear your imprecation,
       Oath-breaker, guest-deceiver, liar?
     
    [ἸΆΣΩΝ: ἀλλά σ᾽ Ἐρινὺς ὀλέσειε τέκνων
       φονία τε Δίκη.
    ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: τίς δὲ κλύει σοῦ θεὸς ἢ δαίμων,
       τοῦ ψευδόρκου καὶ ξειναπάτου;]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 1389ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/85172/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #argument #bickering #curse #deprecation #dishonesty #dishonor #divineanger #divineretribution #divinewrath #dvinepunishment #gods #hospitality #punishment #reputation #unworthiness #vengeance

  8. KARMA-FREE TRUMP 💎

    Donald Trump does not need to be hated in order to be seen clearly.

    There is no need to imagine that #karma will #punish him.

    No need to turn him into the #supernatural embodiment of #evil
    No need to diagnose his soul.

    His vanity, grievance, cruelty, #fear ,appetite, and enormous need for #attention are serious enough.

    #Hatred does not improve our #perception.

    It distorts it.

    It makes the hated person larger, darker, and more #powerful in the #mind than they already are.

    It also gives them permanent residence in the #nervous #system.

    Trump should be opposed when he lies, harms, corrupts, intimidates, degrades institutions, or participates in or encourages cruelty.

    That opposition can be #firm.

    It should be relentless.

    It can name exactly what is happening.

    But hatred is not required.

    Nor is #spiritual #fantasy.

    No one knows what happens to Donald Trump after #death.

    No one knows whether the #universe keeps a #punishment #ledger.

    What is known, though, is that actions have consequences here.

    People are harmed.

    Truth is weakened.

    Fear spreads.

    #Cowardice becomes #contagious.

    But cruelty does not have to set the terms.

    #Kindness as strength can be encouraged in the face of cruelty.

    #Courage in the face of intimidation.

    #Truth in the face of deception.

    #Decency in the face of degradation.

    Restraint in the face of vengeance.

    #Clarity in the face of confusion.

    The task is not to hate the man.

    The task is to see clearly, speak plainly, protect those being harmed, and refuse to let cruelty decide who we become.

    #DonaldTrump #Trump #USPolitics #PoliticalClarity #Cruelty #Kindness #Courage #Truth #Decency #Restraint #Clarity #Nonviolence #NoHatred #MoralClarity #Humanity

  9. A quotation from Robert Green Ingersoll

       Is it necessary that Heaven should borrow its light from the glare of Hell?
       Infinite punishment is infinite cruelty, endless injustice, immortal meanness. To worship an eternal gaoler hardens, debases, and pollutes even the vilest soul. While there is one sad and breaking heart in the universe, no good being can be perfectly happy.

    Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
    Lecture (1881-05-01) “The Great Infidels,” Booth’s Theater, New York

    More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ingersoll #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #afterlife #Christianity #cruelty #damnation #divinejudgment #divinejustice #divinepunishment #divinewrath #eternity #God #heaven #hell #punishment #universalism

  10. Retributive justice is a euphemism for vengeance by proxy: On Nozick's Retribution–Revenge Distinction

    brywillis634737.substack.com/p

    I started a piece on the self, and I hit a speed bump that I wanted to respond to separately from my main essay.

    #substack #philosophy #nozick #justice #law #retribution #vengeance #punishment #language #freewill #blog

  11. A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

    In this world we never will be perfectly civilized as long as a gallows casts its shadow upon the earth. As long as there is a penitentiary, within the walls of which a human being is immured, we are not a perfectly civilized people. We shall never be perfectly civilized until we do away with crime.
       And yet, according to this Christian religion, God is to have an eternal penitentiary; he is to be an everlasting jailer, an everlasting turnkey, a warden of an infinite dungeon, and he is going to keep prisoners there forever, not for the purpose of reforming them — because they are never going to get any better, only worse — but for the purpose of purposeless punishment. And for what? For something they failed to believe in this world. Born in ignorance, supported by poverty, caught in the snares of temptation, deformed by toil, stupefied by want — and yet held responsible through the countless ages of eternity! No man can think of a greater horror; no man can dream of a greater absurdity.

    Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
    Lecture (1884-01-20), “Orthodoxy,” Tabor Opera House, Denver, Colorado

    More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #afterlife #Christianity #civilization #crime #crimeandpunishment #criminal #damnation #divinejustice #divinepunishment #divinewrath #eternalpunishment #hell #jail #punishment

  12. Should the Links website put a blockade (boycott) on the US🇺🇸 regime as a punishment and visibility action for the alleged IMO organized murder attempt, abduction and torture of Czech citizen Martin Pavlata IMO by the US regime via the ICE organization?

    blisty.cz/art/131557-nejezdete

    Soft blockade - skippable, symbolic boycott
    Hard blockade - cannot be skipped, requires a VPN to bypass this boycott

    This is meant just as a blockade on the Links website itself, no change to the Links program and is likely to be more symbolic than have a practical effect, because I assume most installations are done via package manager of the OS.

    Please consider the fact that roughly 50% US voters voted for Trump.

    #links2gang #links2 #twibright #twibrightlabs #blockade #boycott #us #usa #regime #trump #torture #murderattempt #crime #punishment #retaliation #activism

  13. A quotation from Terry Pratchett

    And Sergeant Colon once again knew a secret about bravery. It was arguably a kind of enhanced cowardice — the knowledge that while death may await you if you advance it will be a picnic compared to the certain living hell that awaits should you retreat.

    Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
    Discworld No. 21, Jingo (1988)

    More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/8091…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #discworld #alternatives #bravery #costbenefit #courage #cowardice #danger #death #informeddecision #punishment #retreat #riskanalysis #riskassessment