
28 Mar
2025
28 Mar
'25
1:53 p.m.
punishment is strongly disliked. the only evidence for punishment being good that we are aware of being cited for me is a single religious reference that is overinterpreted for its number of rewritings. i do see that _reduction_ can be good, as well as _effective communication with resulting behavior_. i also see that people need to _know that harm is acted on_. _none of those imply punishment_, which contains harm which can spread.