1) Bad behavior in the past justified bad behavior in the present
2) We have to somehow balance out the disparate treatment.
My first reaction is "how the fuck do we balance out slavery?" And second, "what is it that you and I and millions of others did that needs balancing out?"
And of course you know that neither of those things answer my question. How do you know when you have balanced out the disparate treatment properly? How do you avoid overshooting it more than a little? What prevents anyone from overshooting it more than a little when you can find a way to justify any of it? Who decides all this?
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