Does wanting to, though?

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Obviously it's an impractical system to enforce at the moment because technology is not there yet, but if it were possible to screen people for violent thoughts and then to convict them untill they tested negative again then the world would probably be a much less violent place.

thought police anyone?

and how are you trying to treat these people? do we wait until their violent thought simply go away?

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Does wanting to, though?

yes

im out u people make no sense at all.

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thought police anyone?

and how are you trying to treat these people? do we wait until their violent thought simply go away?

Does wanting to though?

yes

Therapy. Stress balls. Sex. Weed. Ketamine. Whatever works, really.

Also, there's an important point there that we skimmed over without realizing. Violent thoughts don't necesarily make you violent, but violent desires can.

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Sex. Weed.

I am a violent person in need of treatment.

Yes, I am.

I don't see a whole lot to debate about, You can argue that venting the thoughts is the only way to truly cope with the problems. However one can say that without the thoughts there wouldn't be any problems period, humans and other mammals are violent creatures without us there would be a lot less violence because we do naturally deal with some problems this way. However without thoughts at all we wouldn't be able to even consider our selves alive, let alone give two shits about it. Also what is considered violence the deliberate harming of other creatures on this planet? In that case even pacifist vegans can be considered violent from harming the plants they eat. It only counts if you have any value for there life, if you don't think that there worth anything than it's the exact same as vegans eating plants. Though they don't eat mammals plants are alive as well, they just don't consider them as important. So even subconsciously we harm other life forms on this planet without the thoughts at all, even though we also do think very violently. If I don't think that humans have any value than what harm do I do?

Now I am not that stupid, I know what violence is however I just wanted to add something else that maybe someone can debate about.