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Benson Flinn @bensonflinn.bsky.social

you can think of millions of different solutions and still be creative, but I think people are more interested in useful solutions. I don't think the US is going to model their justice system on Bedouin vendettas.

sep 1, 2025, 1:14 pm • 6 0

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Geoffrey Hughes @geofffhughes.bsky.social

Ever heard of the Hatfields and McCoys? The US did historically model its justice system on vendettas at certain points. It's the idea of mercy that I think would be interesting (though I can now see that expecting Americans to appreciate this is too much).

sep 1, 2025, 1:16 pm • 0 0 • view
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Benson Flinn @bensonflinn.bsky.social

The US historically didn't let women vote and let people own slaves, I don't think justifying things based off the US's historical practices is very useful either. I think we can just say the justice system should be merciful without going back to Jordanian Bedouins or the hatfields and McCoys.

sep 1, 2025, 1:25 pm • 4 0 • view