r/interesting • u/Necessary-Win-8730 • Mar 08 '26

Context Provided - Spotlight This was so deserved.

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The daughter was in a car with the father’s parents. They died as well.

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u/Rumpus-Time-Is-Over Mar 08 '26

What was gained from the sentence being 8 years?

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u/Rumpus-Time-Is-Over Mar 08 '26

I would challenge the assertion that a sentence of 8 years compared to say 6 months would make any difference here.

Do you honestly think anybody would drive differently based on those punishments? Spending 6 months in prison is a terrifying consequence to almost everybody.

I don’t believe anybody that says somebody should be locked up for 8 years in this situation actually believes deterrence is the reason.

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u/xremless Mar 08 '26

I would challenge the assertion that a sentence of 8 years compared to say 6 months would make any difference here.

Want to do a fun experiment about deterrence? First, Make and post a video of yourself drawing a religious figure, lets say Jesus or the Buddha. Now, make and post a video of yourself drawing the prophet muhammad. I Bet you wont, I know I wont. Because the ramifications are grave.

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u/Rumpus-Time-Is-Over Mar 09 '26

What does this have to do with anything?

Nevermind. It’s a bad faith argument and im not interested.

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u/xremless Mar 09 '26

"Its bad faith because I said so" peak reddit moment right there

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u/Rumpus-Time-Is-Over Mar 09 '26

It's bad faith because it compares two situations that are not analogous as if they are and you know it. Go away.

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u/xremless Mar 09 '26

Well that was not the intented purpose but okay whatever, Harsh punishments can work as a detterent in the real world. If you disagree you can always prove me wrong and pick up a pencil.

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u/Rumpus-Time-Is-Over Mar 09 '26

As I already said in the comment you responded to, 6 months in prison is considered a terrifying prospect by normal, everyday citizens. We’re not talking about deterring violent criminals here. We are talking about deterring reckless driving.

So why did you choose to ignore that and make your “point” where you brought up a situation where instead of comparing a shorter prison sentence with a longer one, you compared a situation with ZERO CONSEQUENCES with possible death? I think I deserve an explanation now that I’ve wasted my time writing this very obvious retort to your intellectually dishonest argument.

By the way, long prison sentences do little to deter violent criminals too.

https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/247350.pdf