There were 4 people, but he confessed when questioned.

I guess the lesson there is that if you don't want to be convicted of a crime, don't confess to a crime? They won't give you a lighter sentence for confessing.

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lo_zamoyski 2 days ago | parent [-]

> I guess the lesson there is that if you don't want to be convicted of a crime, don't confess to a crime? They won't give you a lighter sentence for confessing.

Ever hear of moral integrity?

Unless the penalty is unjust (say, execution for a minor crime), a just man will confess and accept his punishment as right as just. He himself will want justice to be done and will want to pay for his crime.

A remorseful murderer knows he deserves death. He might ask for mercy, but failing that, he will accept the penalty with dignity and grace.

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DangitBobby 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

This is the kind of value a population can collectively hold until they look around and see the culture doesn't value it anymore. Moral integrity stopped being a cultural value that mattered here before I was even born, if it ever really did matter for anyone except the "common" man.

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bigstrat2003 a day ago | parent [-]

Honestly, I don't care about what the culture does. I act with integrity because of my values and who I want to be, not because I'm under any illusions about how many of my peers will do the same. It is, in my opinion, the only way to live well.

	▲	DangitBobby a day ago \| parent [-]
		You should care what your culture does.

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anal_reactor 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Whatever you smoke, share it.