{"id":3480,"date":"2007-01-15T09:22:21","date_gmt":"2007-01-15T09:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/01\/pell-on-saddam.html"},"modified":"2007-01-15T09:22:21","modified_gmt":"2007-01-15T09:22:21","slug":"pell-on-saddam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/01\/pell-on-saddam.html","title":{"rendered":"Pell on Saddam"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Generally, public opinion is strong for justice, although some want only vengeance – "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”. <\/p>\n

The other extreme rejects this and sees imprisonment primarily as an attempt to rehabilitate the criminal. <\/p>\n

The traditional Christian teaching is a bit more complicated. Those who believe in God the Creator accept that serious evil disturbs and distorts nature’s proper order. <\/p>\n

Punishment is designed to redress this disorder and when the offender voluntarily accepts his punishment this enhances the return to equilibrium. <\/p>\n

Punishment should be medicinal, contributing tothe personal reform of the offender. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I should pray for Saddam’s soul but cannot weep for him. I weep rather for his many victims.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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