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To: one_less who wrote (15435)	6/25/2002 2:42:50 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

It is very simple. We teach how to regard acts by our responses. Through punishment, we make someone take responsibility, and show that we consider what was done bad. The disapproval is manifested in the suffering, unmistakably. That is how they know to take us seriously. How would it be if I admonished someone over and over about something, and then treated a deliberate transgression as if it made no difference, or should be rewarded? I have to show that I am offended, or set in motion the societal gears for registering offense. This is not merely a statement, but a deliberate deprivation, humiliation, and/or affirmative infliction that registers the gravity of offense, and determination that you should not "get away with it".........