• aksdb@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    But if you punish us, wouldn’t that also amount to some form of abuse? And wouldn’t that lead to us ending up in a similar state as you punishing the next generation as well? This would go on forever. Is this what you want for future generations?

    • RubiksIsocahedron@reddthat.com
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      No; correct punishment also educates. That is the ultimate purpose of punishment, to educate the correct way to behave. You won’t learn the correct way to behave until I teach you - at least, I cannot expect you to know anything I don’t teach to you myself. Punishment shows the way forward while closing off the way backward.

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        1 year ago

        Isn’t that the same logic your parents and other people close to you have applied as well? What differentiates your punishment from theirs?

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        1 year ago

        How are you punishing me exactly?
        I feel better now that i know i can cause you pain by merely existing.