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Originally Posted by ASU2003
as long as the secrets don't hurt anybody... But there should be a way to have a 'secret' or 'top secret' level court case, where wrong-doers can be held accountable, yet what they did doesn't get put into the public record.
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things are generally kept secret because they have the potential to hurt people if they're not kept properly right? why bother having secret/top secret court cases? if the judge is going to dish out a punishment it should go out on public record.
if there is one "incivility" i will defend its the poor treatment of
convicted prisoners. i dont think there should be such a term as "cruel and unusual" punishment. punishment is supposed to be a negative reinforcement of what not to do. i dont exactly remember how the argument was phrased in the book "Starship Troopers" (which is NOTHING like the movie) but it made a good argument about how criminals should be humiliated for what they did. i think that would overall be an excellent deterrent to crime which would ultimately bring about a more civil society. but thats just my opinion