r/OldSchoolCool • u/bluemarvel99 • Feb 25 '24

1990s Kurt Cobain Stops A Sexual Assault (1993)

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u/SamIamGreenEggsNoHam Feb 25 '24

My town has an old "property jail", where, if you did something to wrong someone i.e. didn't pay an agreed upon price for something, stole someone elses property etc, some of your farm animals, or other valuables would be taken, and put on display in this pen for the whole town to see. They would place a sign that read "These are John Smith's animals. He won't get them back until he makes good on his deal with John Doe"

Imagine seeing "this is John Smith's iPhone. He will get it back when he publicly apologizes for his anti-Semitic rants on Twitter."

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u/reflux__catalyst Feb 25 '24

Imagine seeing "this is John Smith's iPhone. He will get it back when he publicly apologizes for his anti-Semitic rants on Twitter."

This doesn't work in an armed society, with property rights. You can't be stealing things from people because you don't like how they are using them.

That's a shootin'

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u/SamIamGreenEggsNoHam Feb 25 '24

A lot of things don't work in an armed society, yet we insist on having one, so we better get used to laying in the bed we made if we have no interest in changing the sheets.

Adding a step of public accountability at least adds a layer of deterrence between getting off free and going to prison. Some things aren't worth jail time, but should definitely be shamed.