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0 pointsnovok3y ago0 comments

Do not let perfect be the enemy of good.

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notyourwork3y ago· 2 in thread

We don't let robbers go because there are murderers out on the streets.

skeaker3y ago

If letting the robbers go made the murderers vanish then we probably would, actually.

notyourwork3y ago

Ok I'll bite, where do we draw the line on acceptable crimes? What is the threshold for a crime we should punish versus not? Isn't that anti to the premise that we have varying degrees of punitive consequences for convicted crimes?

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