Capitol rioter's attorney claims he has to 'deprogram' his client from 'cult leader' trump

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41. As far as the law goes

but not in an absolute sense. No-one is truly responsible for their actions as we are all a product of two and only two things - what we were born with and, our subsequent environment. Since we cannot be logically held responsible for either, we are not, in a true sense, responsible for what results from the two circumstances i.e our actions.

As far as society goes, it is however necessary to provide consequences to unlawful actions so deterrent and punishment are necessary to maintain a civil society.

Anyhow, it's kind of a deep philosophical argument that, even if it is true, is not really relevant to law and order save the fact that punishment is necessary to combat unlawful behaviour but does not make sense in terms of revenge or retribution for a crime committed. It's also quite off-topic here so I'll leave it at that unless anyone is interested in starting a separate discussion.