General Discussion

We are in some weirdo punish-to-the-max cycle, coupled with a deeply stupid notion that everyone's personality is set by the time they're like, eight years old or something - and if you're "bad" then, well, you're a "sociopath" (a word thrown around with such non-knowledge and frequency that one can only explain it as ideological shorthand), and a "sociopath" will never change (so say the brain-scans which nobody understands), so whatever happens to you, oh well.

This is the seeming belief on liberal political boards! Rehabilitation? Forget about it. Torture! String 'em up! Place in a cell with "Bubba." (Oh, you'll get the "I'm not saying I support it, but I won't shed a tear" dodges, but these do little to hide people's obvious desire for sexual violence as punishment). One mistake, and you can be thrown to the wild dogs. These are our new American principles. From the liberals! You wonder why Reagan won? He turned us into a nation of vindictive assholes.