Perhaps but I think more likely that I’m not expressing the view correctly. I agree that some forms of punishment are both needed and appropriate for misbehvior/rule violations. But that was not the point. The story seems to be that of “beat them a little and if that doesn’t work beat them more”. The reference to the K-drama then pointed to carrying that view to the extreme of if more beatings don’t “tame” the masses start killing some and that will both do the trick and is complete justified.
That type of mindset seems to be of the form “doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results”.
Perhaps but I think more likely that I’m not expressing the view correctly. I agree that some forms of punishment are both needed and appropriate for misbehvior/rule violations. But that was not the point. The story seems to be that of “beat them a little and if that doesn’t work beat them more”. The reference to the K-drama then pointed to carrying that view to the extreme of if more beatings don’t “tame” the masses start killing some and that will both do the trick and is complete justified.
That type of mindset seems to be of the form “doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results”.