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> I think if you threaten someone who is well off already with death ... number of cases will rapidly go to zero.

You can think that, but you'd be wrong. Everyone who commits a crime thinks they're gonna be the one to get away with it.

It's a very popular opinion among certain kinds of people, but history and even present day has shown, time and again - You can't slaughter your way to a peaceful law-abiding society.




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