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Originally Posted by Darknemo2000
Lets imagine a person who comes from some distant communistic village (by communism I mean the real K.Mark's communism, not russian, fucked up version of it) where the private property is non-existent, and he steals another person spends up the money and has fun, and once taken to trial he explains that he was not aware that he is doing something bad, and he is genuinely sorry. Yet despite that, these are softening circumstances that may decrease the level of his punishment but not punishment itself.
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Thank you very much, you've got the gist of my argument right here. As I've said, what Kitamura has done is wrong, but that does not warrant a beating.
And anyway in your story, leniency will surely be taken into account, and as long as he's willing to compensate for the losses, I don't see any need for further punishment. If you say that he stole something, then that will already something intentional, wouldn't it?