Hmmm, interesting

[tipper|DES|]

I already said this in another thread, between the lines: I'll try to say that again clearly. Isn't this a place a microcosm, a tiny reproduction of the bigger one outside?

In the big place don't we have - mainly - a judicial system that try to fight crime working for the rehabilitation of the one who committed it? If in the small one the same values have a meaning, Kirin is a success of the community. And a good example for others who made a mistake.

But I don't know, and the question is not a rhetorical one, if we share this vision. If it doesn't apply here, why?

ketar

An interesting point:

I’m not sure what we can include under the description of judicial system but…..
I would argue that one of the prime purposes of any judicial system is too remove the accused once found guilty, assuming a certain gravity of offense, from general society; this is too serve two purposes
a) protect society from any further offenses such an individual may commit and
b) punish that individual for the offenses proven against him.
I think most justice systems that exist in a “civilized” community view sentencing in this order:
1) the sentence itself, governed by the gravity of the offense and the sentencing guidelines at that time
2) punishment or retribution
3) rehabilitation

A lot depends on how serious an offense you consider cheating to be. Given the amount of problems cheating has given this game and most other online games i would say it is possibly the most serious. How long should the punishment be for someone who carries out the most serious offense within such a community?
If you believe that a judicial system works at all and want this micro community to reflect the macro community standards then the most serious offences carry a life sentence.
To get caught perpetrating this most serious offence more than once would I suggest, in the macro society you allude to, would mean natural life rather than the very long term of imprisonment a life sentence tends to mean.

As for the rehabilitation aspect; sure, I have no problem with attempting to rehabilitate offenders.
But ketar I ask you, if you were trying to rehabilitate a child molester would you let him/her work with children? I think you can follow my argument.

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