there's another kind of shame punishment that the article did not mention. Child molesters have their names and addresses listed on web-sites even though they've served their time in prison. This leads to shunning and worse, encouraging them to move out of town or change their identities, but that can simply start the cycle again. Some simply become homeless in order to avoid the shame. (Another type of case: Dan White -- the that the guy who slew Harvey Milk and San Francisco Mayor Moscone in 1978 -- ended up committing suicide in shame.)
there's got to be a better solution. On 8/8/06, Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Larry David had a very funny show about shame punishment. I would like to see Bush standing outside of the White House holding a list of his crimes, but they would not fit on a sandwichboard unless they were microfilmed. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
-- Jim Devine / "In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in economics, it's the exact opposite." --- Paul Dirac [edited]
