Post by Purple Cat on Aug 28, 2010 8:58:46 GMT
I had read your wiki page, thanks, which is why I asked. I just, it has to be said, do not follow the logical thread from such-and-such a person is deemed ignorant (by an arbitrary and undocumented process) and this can be corrected by killing them.
Indeed punishment, generally, is primarily effective as, well, punishment rather than a deterrent unless it follows with such immediacy from the offense that it can become psychologically linked in the mind of the offender. Moreover `being ignorant' is such a nebulous offense that it difficult to see how one could identify a single clear event in order to deal out the swift retributive action. It certainly doesn't seem to be the case from the documented kills of yours that we have on record. Indeed it isn't clear to me that members of your organisation even make it particularly obvious that a perceived lack of interest in education is the reason for their actions when they dispense their punishment.
We execute documented PKers in our area because it is our experience that this slows their activities. It also tends to focus their attention on members of the DHPD, leaving civilians free to go about their business. We are under no illusions that we will somehow `cure' them of their wish to kill people by these actions.
In short I think your reasoning is flawed.
I would also reject the premise that the zombie state is particularly conducive to reflection and revelation. Zombies, if anything, think less clearly than the living in my experience.
Indeed punishment, generally, is primarily effective as, well, punishment rather than a deterrent unless it follows with such immediacy from the offense that it can become psychologically linked in the mind of the offender. Moreover `being ignorant' is such a nebulous offense that it difficult to see how one could identify a single clear event in order to deal out the swift retributive action. It certainly doesn't seem to be the case from the documented kills of yours that we have on record. Indeed it isn't clear to me that members of your organisation even make it particularly obvious that a perceived lack of interest in education is the reason for their actions when they dispense their punishment.
We execute documented PKers in our area because it is our experience that this slows their activities. It also tends to focus their attention on members of the DHPD, leaving civilians free to go about their business. We are under no illusions that we will somehow `cure' them of their wish to kill people by these actions.
In short I think your reasoning is flawed.
I would also reject the premise that the zombie state is particularly conducive to reflection and revelation. Zombies, if anything, think less clearly than the living in my experience.