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Definition of retribution: punishment that is considered to be morally right and fully deserved.
That said, let's bring into (high) relief the calls for "justice" in the patently obvious murders of black Americans by police over past while and/or the exploitation of the innocent by pedophiles and/or the exploitation of refugees/migrants by unscrupulous scum and/or [other examples
ad nauseam].
Everywhere in the world where such practices occur and where the so-called justice systems allow such behavior to be let off with minimal consequences —
Pay attention Canada and the USA! — we need to bring back (or at least advocate to bring back) more effective means of punishment which suit the crime.
Not only should the death penalty be restored and applied more liberally in those jurisdictions where it has been renounced, but the forms of same should suit the crime: this is restorative qua retributive justice.
This planet has upwards of 7 billion inhabitants which can already barely be supported. It is pretty clear that not all lives matter in the grander scheme of things, no matter how grandiose the rhetoric in first-world countries.
Unless Gaia gets truly pissed off at the abuse which is heaped upon her and decides to annihilate at least our species, it is up to us to deal with realities.
Coming back to the point: Egregious offenses to societal norms need to be treated equally egregiously, as in "let the punishment fit the crime". And that includes those who for some hazy reason have been deemed "not criminally responsible". They aren't needed and are just a waste of space, skin and air.
Bring back drawing and quartering, even stoning (despite its currently politically-incorrect association with sharia law*), as viable [
] options. Maybe it will help, maybe it won't. It can't hurt to try it (back on) on for size.
(* Islamic canonical law based on the teachings of the Koran and the traditions of the Prophet, prescribing both religious and secular duties and sometimes retributive penalties for law-breaking. It has generally been supplemented by legislation adapted to the conditions of the day.)
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