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Old 07-31-2013, 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by aklim View Post
Don't some animals also fight others to protect the other members of the pack? Using that theory, could I not justify wanting to extend the sentence of a criminal simply to protect not only my children but other members of my pack? So, how do we draw the line? I'm not a criminal and I don't want any criminals around me to endanger my pack. Therefore, all criminals who have served their time still have to serve more because I want to protect my pack.
Any argument by analogy can be taken to an extreme that it fails. "Just suppose" is not usually informative.
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