Well I could be reading her a bit too deeply (forgive me if this is the case), but examining a situation from a different "outlook" (point of view is probobly what she intended) does not in any means serve as a precurser for an argument.
Indeed, she never states she will be arguing, and I got the impression the whole time that she would be simply talking about her and the passage, completely ignoring all other commentary.
And at this, she was quite successful. Her addition to the conversation adds the possibility that the harshest punishment may not be the end all solution for this problem, and this is the point at which her train of thought seriously deviates from anyone before her.
Her jailtime encourages rehabilitation, not punishment, which thus far has been the emphasis. The switch of philosophies (punishment to rehabilitation) creates a vastly different point of view on this situation, and for this I find her entire post worthy of "posthood."
Now she could have more clearly stated her intention to use this distinction as the basis for her "different point of view" claim, but I feel this is not needed.
On the whole I thought this was an excellent post in terms of Underwater's normal post quality.
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