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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?
Of course, nobody is saying that it doesn't. The point is that the punishment has to be rationally related to the crime.
Again, if you really want to stop people from cheating on their taxes, just make it punishable by death. Sound good?