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Originally Posted by bella
it doesn't help that penalties, particularly these cumulative ones, are trying to quantify something that is entirely unquantifyable. you can't really put down in numbers or on a pie chart how dangerous something is, or the risk or loss of opportunity the assailant suffered.
the result is a system that does indeed penalise repeat offenders, but that it doesn't take into account more than one degree of seriousness.
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"quantify something that is entirely unquantifiable" - I like that.
That is because, to the cries of consistency, they have to come up with some rules for the penalties. Of course no two situations are ever quite the same, despite the examples often given. All those pictures of lifts from bygone years for example. It needs some people to make a judgement, but we didn't like that and cried for consistency and no bias. To remove the perception of bias we had to have a solution like this.
No one wants to apply any understanding to either method. We all pick fault, because we are clever. There is no perfect solution.
It was cool to see Webber getting a lift back from Alonso. However they chose to do something stupid, so risked a consequence. The trick is to not do something stupid.