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Should adultery be a criminal offense punishable by jailtime?

Should adultery be a criminal offense punishable by jailtime?

  • Obviously! It should carry MMS and strict for 2nd++ offense..

    Votes: 2 3.1%

  • Yes, jailtime.

    Votes: 2 3.1%

  • Yah, first fine, then jail, mild jail time.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Hmm.. Perhaps..

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • No..

    Votes: 57 87.7%

  • Something else(explain).

    Votes: 4 6.2%
  • Total voters
    65
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Maximus Zeebra said:
So in your opinion and by that reasoning pedophilia should be legal? :confused:
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There is no victim being directly affected by infidelity. There is indirect effect, but it is, for all intents and purposes, a victimless crime.

That's because the only real harm that can come from infidelity is emotional and can only occur AFTER the infidelity is known. Without knowledge of the crime, there is no harm. People can live their entire lives blissfully unaware of infidelity, and their lives are not affected in any way. Thus, it is victimless.

The harm stems only from knowledge of a past action, not the actual action itself.
 
Tucker Case said:
There is no victim being directly affected by infidelity. There is indirect effect, but it is, for all intents and purposes, a victimless crime.
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Tell that to all the people who have killed themselves over it.. Tell that to all the peoples lives which have been ruined over it.. Tell that to all the people who can never again trust anyone and so on and so on. It carries mental effects as well as suicides and ruined lives.
 
creativedreams said:
What about a little justice for the ones cheated in a deceptive marriage?
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How would throwing the cheating spouse in jail give the other spouse justice?

I think sleeping with their boss, best friend, brother/sister is the only way to achieve a semblance of justice.
 
Tucker Case said:
There is no victim being directly affected by infidelity. There is indirect effect, but it is, for all intents and purposes, a victimless crime.

That's because the only real harm that can come from infidelity is emotional and can only occur AFTER the infidelity is known. Without knowledge of the crime, there is no harm. People can live their entire lives blissfully unaware of infidelity, and their lives are not affected in any way. Thus, it is victimless.

The harm stems only from knowledge of a past action, not the actual action itself.
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Kind of like stealing from a rich guy that doesn't notice?
 
Maximus Zeebra said:
Tell that to all the people who have killed themselves over it.. Tell that to all the peoples lives which have been ruined over it.. Tell that to all the people who can never again trust anyone and so on and so on. It carries mental effects as well as suicides and ruined lives.
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Should bosses who fire people be jailed?
 
Tucker Case said:
Call Joey the legbreaker you want vengeance. Why the hell should I give a **** some broad can't get her man off so he goes and ****s some stripper?
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So you encourage crime as a solution rather than punishment for the offense by law? :doh
 
RiverDad said:
On this fine point I don't disagree, however marriage is more than just companionship. It usually involves the parties making personal and financial sacrifices for the benefit of their union. A wife who abandons her schooling or career in order to move to another location can point to specific sacrifices she made based on the promises made involving their marriage. She can therefore also point to specific damages that resulted from the violation of the marital contract in that she wouldn't have made those sacrifices if she were not married.
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But she didn't have to make those, even when she was married. Further, the act of cheating isn't the same as ending the contract. If you want to talk about damages for all breaches, then you'd have people suing because they said that their spouse doesn't "cherish" them anymore, or left them when they became broke.

Maximus Zeebra said:
Obviously and logically less people would commit this horrible act if it was illegal.. :doh
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GREAT IDEA! Let's make cursing punishable by death, that will certainly cut down on foulness in today's society.

RightOfCenter said:
Can judges even issue jail time for breach of contract?
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Nope.
 
Maximus Zeebra said:
Tell that to all the people who have killed themselves over it.. Tell that to all the peoples lives which have been ruined over it.. Tell that to all the people who can never again trust anyone and so on and so on. It carries mental effects as well as suicides and ruined lives.
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You got a logical argument or just emotional nonsense, Max?

You want my honest opinion of the people who kill themselves over infidelities?

**** 'em. No wonder the partner cheated, they were married to a box of corn flakes.
 
Maximus Zeebra said:
Tell that to all the people who have killed themselves over it.. Tell that to all the peoples lives which have been ruined over it.. Tell that to all the people who can never again trust anyone and so on and so on. It carries mental effects as well as suicides and ruined lives.
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You sound like you been done wronged.
 
RightinNYC said:
You sound like you been done wronged.
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Actually no, not as far as I know.. But I do sympathize with the people who has fallen victim of this horrible act.. And I trust the bible for moral guidance, and in its adultery is clearly one of the worst sins.
 
Tucker Case said:
You got a logical argument or just emotional nonsense, Max?

You want my honest opinion of the people who kill themselves over infidelities?

**** 'em. No wonder the partner cheated, they were married to a box of corn flakes.
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I dont know any stats on it, but they arent "flakes", just normal average people who was ****ed over.
 
Maximus Zeebra said:
So you encourage crime as a solution rather than punishment for the offense by law? :doh
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The law does not exist to exact vengeance for emotionally crippled 'tards incapable of moving on. Sucks for them, but big ****in' deal. Cry me a river. I could give a ****. If my wife knocked boots with the mailman, I'd get over it. It would suck, but I'm not about to sit here and beg big old Uncle Sam to go punish her for "huwting my feewings".
 
Tucker Case said:
The law does not exist to exact vengeance for emotionally crippled 'tards incapable of moving on. Sucks for them, but big ****in' deal. Cry me a river. I could give a ****. If my wife knocked boots with the mailman, I'd get over it. It would suck, but I'm not about to sit here and beg big old Uncle Sam to go punish her for "huwting my feewings".
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Have you ever been cheated on? Me neither.. There is no way that you can know how you would react.. Perhaps you would be one of the people who tied a knot around your neck and died because of it..
 
Maximus Zeebra said:
And I trust the bible for moral guidance, and in its adultery is clearly one of the worst sins.
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Wait, wait, wait!

Aren't you the guy who started a thread that claimed Jesus was an agent of Satan?
 
Maximus Zeebra said:
No?

But if you do not see the difference then I find that enormously strange. Besides, bosses who fire people for no reasons or shady reasons do get punished some times.
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You made an appeal to emotion. I just applied it to another situation.

People who kill themselves can't blame someone else for their mental illness.
 
Maximus Zeebra said:
Have you ever been cheated on? Me neither.. There is no way that you can know how you would react.. Perhaps you would be one of the people who tied a knot around your neck and died because of it..
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I've been cheated on. Know what I did? I got the **** over it.
 
Maximus Zeebra said:
Actually no, not as far as I know.. But I do sympathize with the people who has fallen victim of this horrible act.. And I trust the bible for moral guidance, and in its adultery is clearly one of the worst sins.
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So you want to live in a theocracy.

There's always Iran.
 
Maximus Zeebra said:
Actually no, not as far as I know.. But I do sympathize with the people who has fallen victim of this horrible act.. And I trust the bible for moral guidance, and in its adultery is clearly one of the worst sins.
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WTF? Since when did you become a biblethumper?

Maximus Zeebra said:
I dont know any stats on it, but they arent "flakes", just normal average people who was ****ed over.
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No, people who kill themselves because someone else hurt their feelings are definitely ****ed up in the head.
 
independent_thinker2002 said:
Thank god the law stopped all the pedophiles. Oh wait...
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Why bother having laws and sentences then? If we didn't have the laws would the incidence of child-adult sex remain the same, increase or decrease?

Does the threat of imposition of sanction act as a deterrent?
 
Maximus Zeebra said:
Have you ever been cheated on? Me neither.. There is no way that you can know how you would react.. Perhaps you would be one of the people who tied a knot around your neck and died because of it..
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I've been cheated on. It hurts. Life goes on.

If you put your faith in people you'll be let down every time.

Suicide is illogical. It's a permanent solution to a temporary problem. I've always said that I would rather kill everyone else in the world before I would kill myself. I like to wake up and see what happens next.

"You take the good, you take the bad, and there you have, the Facts of Life."
 
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