I remember a science fiction short story published in OMNI magazine that considered the implications of deciding that the ova was the actual seat of life and the soul. It couldn’t be sperm, because millions were discarded in every successful conception.
The end result was that menstruation itself was criminalized, so that evidence of menstruation had to be accompanied by evidence that all possible measures were taken to get pregnant.
Sometimes I hate it when science fiction turns out to be a prediction.
Do you happen to remember the name of the story?
I almost didn’t post because I knew someone would ask.
Sorry, no I don’t remember. I started going through an index to see if something jumped out, but nothing did.
I love it when someone the post is about shows up and declares themselves.
There are crimes where treating the perpetrator with appropriate dignity, respect and fairness is more about living up to our own standards than them deserving it.
It’s fine to not like the worst people you can think of, but we should be able to say we treated them fairly, despite our feelings.
Fucking exactly.
It isn’t about what they did, it’s about a fair, equitable, and just system being in place for everyone because that’s what we should be.
$20 says this didn’t change their mind
No one deserves state execution. No one includes child predators.
As much as I wish other specific people weren’t on the planet anymore, things would be a lot better if governments couldn’t give themselves permission to kill people.
What if the crime I think needs to be uniquely persecuted is wage theft
Using the bathroom on the clock is now wage theft.
So now every worker must shit directly on the boss’s desk
Ugh, that means I’d actually have to go in to the office
Let’s start with it actually being punished before we get fancy.
It’s easy. You can do it by yourself, or with a bunch of trusted comrades. You don’t need to have great means or technical competence. The capital is vulnerable, if you are determined to act." - Alfredo M. Bonnano
No need to get the state involved to do some revenge against your class enemies.
I don’t think of it as punishment. Our capitalist overlords simply need to be removed, humanely. Torture, pain, forced labor – these are categorically unacceptable in my opinion, no matter what the perpetrator has done.
they did do this with “terrorism”… e.g. the “Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act”
And I am fucking terrified
Sticking up for pedophiles is an optics nightmare
You’re the target audience for this post. Maybe read it again.
I think you misunderstood my comment.
No, you misunderstood the post. Read it again.
Please elaborate on how I misunderstood it.
