VoiceOfRa comments on Rationality Quotes Thread October 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 22 October 2015 03:32:57PM *  6 points [-]

to spread awareness of a position (again, without arguing for it)

Well, you have to at least formulate that position sensibly. From a glance at the article, it seems to like the idea of the abolition of prisons. The immediate question that comes to mind is "and replace them with what?" Without even a hint of an answer, it's not much of a position.

Long-term prisons are a relatively recent idea, but I'm not sure going to pre-prison practices would be all that great since they tended to be centered on "oh, just hang him".

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 23 October 2015 12:15:05PM 1 point [-]

Long-term prisons are a relatively recent idea, but I'm not sure going to pre-prison practices would be all that great since they tended to be centered on "oh, just hang him".

I'd be for it, or for corporal punishment more generally. However, somehow I doubt that's what either ike or Mychal Denzel Smith have in mind.