This is a strange statement because by definition the innocent don't need mercy. Mercy is forgiveness for wrongdoing, and refusing to forgive and give mercy to some leads to a society that is cruel. As Thomas Acquinas put it:
> justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is dissolution.
Yet government wrongs normal people who have done nothing daily. Subjects them to crime through ineffective justice, taxes them, criminalizes behaviour that rational people would consider not to be criminal, etc...
In my country they'll try to prosecute you for longer jail sentences if you criticize the government than if you kill someone...
Look at the UAE, no income tax, only 9% corporate tax, GDP per capita higher than most of western Europe, and three of the top ten safest cities in the world (<a href="https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-city-rankings/safest-cities-in-the-world" rel="nofollow">https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-city-rankings/safest...). GDP projected to grow 3% this year in spite of being bombed and having its main export waterway blocked. Literally over 100x lower chance of being sexually assaulted there than in the UK or France.
Are you one of those technofascists who wants to trade everyone else's privacy and freedom all in the name of "security" (read: repression of the masses) for the elite?
Because, with your comment, it surely seems that way.
Furthermore, your source is garbage. No methodology at all, and if you click around to try to get what might be methodology, you instead get popup spam for malware. For fuck's sake get some actual data to underpin your opinions.
I think you've actually made my point for me with your example, thank you.
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Mercy for the rich. Justice for the poor.
A healthy society does the opposite, those with much should be held to higher standards.
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> justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is dissolution.
dismalaf · · focus · HN ↗
In my country they'll try to prosecute you for longer jail sentences if you criticize the government than if you kill someone...
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Because, with your comment, it surely seems that way.
Furthermore, your source is garbage. No methodology at all, and if you click around to try to get what might be methodology, you instead get popup spam for malware. For fuck's sake get some actual data to underpin your opinions.
I think you've actually made my point for me with your example, thank you.