#punishment — Public Fediverse posts

Asian Games athletes face ideology drills

North Korea’s delegation enters during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games at Hangzhou Olympic Sports…
#EuropeSays #Korea #KR #NorthKorea #Diplomacy #ideology #JAPAN #KimJongUn #punishment #Sports
https://www.europesays.com/korea/146503/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/19/israel-admits-it-soldiers-fired-at-car-in-which-hind-rajab-was-killed. I predict now that, if these #soldiers are ever #punished, the #punishment they receive from #Israel will bear no relation at all to the magnitude of their terrible #crimes.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/19/israel-admits-it-soldiers-fired-at-car-in-which-hind-rajab-was-killed. I predict now that, if these #soldiers are ever #punished, the #punishment they receive from #Israel will bear no relation at all to the magnitude of their terrible #crimes.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/19/israel-admits-it-soldiers-fired-at-car-in-which-hind-rajab-was-killed. I predict now that, if these #soldiers are ever #punished, the #punishment they receive from #Israel will bear no relation at all to the magnitude of their terrible #crimes.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/19/israel-admits-it-soldiers-fired-at-car-in-which-hind-rajab-was-killed. I predict now that, if these #soldiers are ever #punished, the #punishment they receive from #Israel will bear no relation at all to the magnitude of their terrible #crimes.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/19/israel-admits-it-soldiers-fired-at-car-in-which-hind-rajab-was-killed. I predict now that, if these #soldiers are ever #punished, the #punishment they receive from #Israel will bear no relation at all to the magnitude of their terrible #crimes.

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

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/18/israel-plan-new-illegal-settlements-gaza-west-bank-occupied-palestine. The #Israeli #Government think they can carry on doing this in violation of the 4th #Geneva #Convention & #UNSC Resolution 242 because no-one is going to stop them, & because there'll be no #punishment for any of them - & they are right! International #law? WHAT #international law?

A quotation from Twain

Custom is custom; it is built of brass, boiler iron, granite; facts, reasonings, arguments have no more effect upon it than the idle winds have upon Gibraltar.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Essay (1906), “The Gorky Incident,” Letters from the Earth (c. 1909; pub. 1962) [ed. DeVoto (1939)]

More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/84429/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #thegorkyincident #argument #custom #irrationality #law #morality #penalty #publicmorals #publicopinion #punishment #scandal #socialconventions #taboo #tradition

#hell, #punishment, #stories, #religions, #concepts https://mastodon.social/@chrissbiblenewsletter/116711314247392054

A quotation from Twain

Customs do not concern themselves with right or wrong or reason. But they have to be obeyed; one may reason all around them until he is tired, but he must not transgress them, it is sternly forbidden.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Essay (1906), “The Gorky Incident,” Letters from the Earth (c. 1909; pub. 1962) [ed. DeVoto (1939)]

More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/84115/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #twain #marktwain #gorky #thegorkyincident #custom #law #morality #obedience #penalty #publicmorals #publicopinion #punishment #rationality #reason #rightandwrong #scandal #socialconventions #taboo #tradition #transgression

A quotation from Mark Twain

Laws are coldly reasoned out and established upon what the lawmakers believe to be a basis of right. But customs are not. Customs are not enacted, they grow gradually up, imperceptibly and unconsciously, like an oak from its seed. In the fullness of their strength they can stand up straight in front of a world of argument and reasoning and yield not an inch.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Essay (1906), “The Gorky Incident,” Letters from the Earth (c. 1909; pub. 1962) [ed. DeVoto (1939)]

More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/84113/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #thegorkyincident #custom #irrationality #law #morality #penalty #publicopinion #publicpolicy #punishment #rationality #scandal #socialconventions #taboo #tradition #transgression

A quotation from Twain

Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped, but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment. The penalty may be unfair, unrighteous, illogical, and a cruelty; no mater, it will be inflicted, just the same.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Essay (1906), “The Gorky Incident”

More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/3938/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #twain #marktwain #custom #law #morality #penalty #publicopinion #punishment #scandal #socialconventions #taboo #tradition #transgression