Word: punishment
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Then it turns its attentions to murders, divorces, and Mr. Jenkins, and leaves the "laws of economics" and the politicians to punish the guilty ones and meet the future. It allows the "laws of economics" to set prices; it discovers that Mr. Hoover can set prices better than the "laws of economics"; it dismisses Mr. Hoover, and like a pettish child disposes of its railroads because, forsooth, it has not learned to run them. And this is the amorphous djinn to which we believers in democracy cheerfully trust our salvation...
...barbaric war of hate and revenge, blood-lust and conquest. If we fight it will be to maintain our rights as a sovereign nation with honor and dignity; our aim will be to prevent our rights from violation in the future and it will not be merely to punish a present offender, for punishment is a means to an end and not an end in itself. It is regrettable that among civilized nations warfare is the only means of protecting national rights and of preserving national honor, but there is no other, and if there be a true cause...
Seriously, the fundamental error of such arguments is the confusion of defence with aggression. Most of the so-called "militarists" agree that it is not only wicked but stupid to punish either a man or a nation for disagreeing with what we consider orthodox political principles. But when our opponent's particular variety of heresy leads him to invade our territory, destroy our property, and kill our citizens, we believe that a machine-gun will come in handier than a copy of "Briefs for Debate...
...propriety of the stand taken by the Dining Council in reference to boorishness at Memorial. There are not two sides to this question. That the pounders at the tables are as guilty as the expelled man does not in the least excuse him. If it were possible to punish them also it would be perfectly proper. There can be no palliating excuses for such performances. But as usual reform must come from within and we can but call on the students again to take a stand for common sense and decency. Let this be the end of such work...
...unconstitutional. He summed up the fallacies of our present ignorant system as follows: "We turn the entire problem over to police, giving them three distinct powers which they abuse. They are allowed to make pseudo-laws to regulate vice; they are then expected to enforce these laws and punish offenders...