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Originally Posted by merakses
If it was entirely possible, then why does our world still have such a high number of successful crimes?
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You missed my point entirely. Which is that we are not suggesting we need victims in order to prosecute. We are suggesting we need crimes to prosecute. No crimes= no criminals. If you want to lock people up before they have done anything, you are by definition locking up innocent people.
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What constitutes 'proof that he is actually trying to commit a crime'?
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Something that doesn't involve incriminating someone who hasn't done anything yet.
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Nobody has claimed that the world is divided between good and bad guys from birth. I have no clue where you got that idea from, but as it is, that last sentence is a useless truism which doesn't contribute to your argument at all.
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You want to stop criminals before they did anything.
This means you want to stop criminals when they were still innocent; i.e. when they are just the same as anyone else. This only makes sense if you believe they are destined to be criminals, which means they are criminals from birth.
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Also, you completely failed to address my argument about gun control laws and the like. Am I to understand that you are ceding my point?
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Not sure what you mean. I only care that you think people should be locked up without having done anything.