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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Whoever that E.S. character was just sent her into one hell of a trap. Sure, she got to see that Santa was indeed real... perhaps a little too real right now! 

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    naughtynewsroom.carrd.co/
    #bondage #Oc #santa #elf #spanking #paddle #spank #punishment #punish #reddened #dollification #noir #redhead

  5. A quotation from Charles Mackay

    Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later.

    Charles Mackay (1814-1889) Scottish poet, journalist, song writer
    Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, “The South-Sea Bubble” (1841)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/mackay-charles/79186…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #charlesmackay #downfall #gambling #inevitability #nation #nationalsecurity #punishment #risktaking

  6. A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

    Our repentance is not so much regret for the evil we have done, as fear of its consequences to us.
     
    [Notre repentir n’est pas tant un regret du mal que nous avons fait, qu’une crainte de celui qui nous en peut arriver.]

    François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
    Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶180 (1665-1678) [ed. Gowens (1851), ¶187]

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #consequences #dread #fear #punishment #regret #remorse #sin #repentance #retribution #selfinterest

  7. Like so many classic spanking sites, Punished Brats is defunct. But fans will remember Pixie (Amber Wells), shown here getting a mouth soaping punishment and glaring (does she dare?) at the person responsible:

    spankingblog.com/2024/11/14/mo

    #Kinky #MouthSoaping #MouthSoap #Spanking #Punishment #AmberWells #Pixie #SpankingModel #Kneeling #Spanked #SpankedWife #PunishedWife #Wife #Porn #SpankingPorn #BDSM #PunishedBrats #Brat

  8. Mechanical Choices: A Compatibilist Libertarian Response by Christian List | philpapers.org/archive/LISMCA. | List on Michael S. Moore, free will, retributivism, and (toward the end) me and Pereboom | I disagree with most of the paper but still worth a read. #FreeWill #MoralResponibility #philosophy #Retributivism #punishment #CrimLaw @philosophy

  9. Just out: Thom Brooks reviews my book in the latest issue of Ethical Theory and Moral Practice | Gregg D. Caruso: Rejecting Retributivism: Free Will, Punishment, and Criminal Justice | Unfortunately, it's behind a paywall! If anyone has access, can you please send me a PDF? | #philosophy #retributivism #FreeWill #MoralResponsibility #punishment #criminology #CrimLaw #PublicHealth #CriminalJustice @philosophy

  10. Beginning a new paper today in which I respond to a forthcoming paper by John Martin Fischer. Hope I complete it in time to appear in the same issue as Fischer's. #FreeWill #MoralResponibility #Punishment #Crime #Retributivism #desert #philosophy @philosophy #criminology #CrimLaw