Kind of like how we could implement the death penalty for marijuana possession?

wnevets · on March 20, 2019

It's not like there aren't countries where that exist.

leesalminen · on March 20, 2019

Right, but should we? Probably not. That’s what I’m getting at.

wnevets · on March 20, 2019

If we really cared about stopping marijuana possession, a death penalty that was objectively and consistently applied would probably work very well.

rhizome · on March 20, 2019

Arguments by analogy are not worth anybody's time.

1stcity3rdcoast · on March 20, 2019

Arguments by analogy are an excellent way to compose an argument. Socrates built entire ethical systems using analogy.

rhizome · on March 20, 2019

You only have to look at what we have above, a changing of the subject from corporate punishment to...execution for marijuana possession. That is bad community'ing.

As an aside, I've got some bad news about how Socrates' method worked out for him.

leesalminen · on March 20, 2019

>> Because we can't close corporations for a rules violation.

> I mean we could

The post I was replying to talked about “closing” a corporation for a rule violation. Closing a company is akin to “killing” it, not “punishing” it. I think the analogy stands.

yeahitslikethat · on March 21, 2019

It worked out really well for him. You've heard of him thousands of years later. Thousands of years from now persons will continue to discuss him and you and all of us'll likely be forgotten.