All but three of the items were reworded; only the items dealing with feelings of being punished, thoughts about suicide, and interest in sex remained the same.
All but three of the items were reworded; only the items dealing with feelings of being punished, thoughts about suicide and interest in sex remained the same.
How far and for how long do we punish thought-crime?
In that vein, he opposes hate-crime laws as wrongly — no, make that dangerously — punishing thought.
You're not punishing a thought.
"We've always said you can't punish for thoughts alone, but now we really know what the thoughts are," says Audrey Rogers, a law professor at Pace University who has taught the Valle case in class.
In July 2010, Tony Abbott himself had this to say to Alan Jones about why he was not banning Hizb ut-Tahrir: The general principle in this country is that we don't punish bad thoughts, we don't even punish bad words, as long as those words don't amount to incitement to break the law.
Some critics of hate crime laws argue that such laws punish bigoted thoughts and bigoted speech.
Relentlessly dogged by self-punishing thoughts, heavy, tensed-up limbs, heart palpitations and a churning gut, I'd done everything I could to shake myself clear of the continuing hell of daily existence.
As the initial shock of last Tuesday's attacks begins to dissipate, Americans are now turning toward thoughts of punishing the perpetrators.
Some critics went further, questioning the justness of punishing people for their thoughts.
