NancyLebovitz comments on Crime and punishment - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 12 April 2011 08:40:50AM 0 points [-]

I asked about this in my livejournal, and some people have run into that argument (one used it in the tactical way I imagined), and some haven't.

I'm concluding that it's within the range of possible beliefs for Americans, but not very common. It may have been more common in the past than it is now.