Reply #43: Clearly, merely repeating/emulating the acts of these criminals would be equally immoral. [View All]

[TahitiNut]

While it might be viscerally cathartic to envision Abu Ghraib or Guantanimo as a 'hoisted on their own petard' kind of justice, I'm disinclined to behave in the same manner as those I condemn for THEIR behavior.

Alcatraz is appropriate. Oversight is appropriate. I would NOT, however, afford Smirk OR Sneer an audience. Indeed, I'd place Smirk in solitary confinement in a padded cell and strait jacket ... and not permit him to view or hear ANYONE. I would deprive him of any sense of an audience and starve him of his Narcissistic Supply. His pathology is to feed on the reactions of others. Thus, the essential penance wouold be bereft of that feeding source.

At the same time, oversight and candor in their imprisonment is essential. It is contrary to any notion of justice that anyone's imprisonment is without constant review and oversight.