Argument:1. Our current system which focuses more on retribution does not have the possibility of seeking to prevent reoffending by curing the offender of their desire to reoffend . .
2. Such a model of punishment is therefore a more enlightened approach in a modern day criminal justice system .
3. An example can be taken from the aftermath of the London rioters , where 170 riot offenders under 18 are now in custody without firstly understanding the causes of the riots nor the reasons of why these people offended .
4. This has no place in any enlightened society .
5. Desert -LRB- retributive -RRB- theory , on the other hand , sees punishment as an end in itself , in other words , punishment for punishments sake .
6. Rehabilitation is the most valuable ideological justification for imprisonment , for it alone promotes the humanising belief in the notion that offenders can be saved and not simply punished .
7. The public agrees ; a 2008 poll of British citizens found 82 % thought rehabilitation was as important , or more important than punishment as a criterion when sentencing criminals .
8. By seeking to reduce reoffending and to reduce crime , it seeks constructively to promote the safety of the public , and to protect individuals from the victimisation of crime .
9. In fact it is because retribution places such great value on the prisoners rights that it tries so hard to change the offender and prevent his reoffending .
10. The rehabilitative ideal does not ignore society and the victim .
Claim: Rehabilitation Is A Better General Justifying Aim for Punishment

Argument:1. The very fact that the powerful and the privileged dislike what he is doing so much could even be taken to suggest that he has to be doing something right as one of the roles of the fourth estate is to act as a check on government .
2. In many ways , Assange has taken journalism back to basics acquiring information to which most people do not have access and making it public .
3. For the most part , however , journalists increasingly comment on the news rather than directly collecting it .
4. There are still extraordinary journalists finding news and genuinely affecting the society around them .
5. Sales of newspapers are in freefall and the stranglehold of a handful of broadcasters on political access has been lost forever .
6. Now readers and viewers have direct access to much of that information and can access it at their own convenience and through their own choice of media .
7. The traditional role of the journalist , disseminating information to which they had special or privileged access , has changed beyond recognition .
8. Few industries have been changed more radically by the advent of the Internet than journalism .
9. Hume , Ellen , Freedom of the Press , , December 2005 ,
10. At a time when much of the traditional media seems to have lost its sense of what its role is , Wikileaks is providing a timely reminder .
Claim: The concept of what is a journalist needs to be clarified to deal with the reality of new forms of mass communication. Assange gathers, collates and disseminates information, ergo, he is a journalist.

Argument:1. Nick Cafardo , Lets keep rule change off our plate , please , , May 29 , 2011 , .
2. William Deresiewicz , Metaphors We Play By , , June 6 , 2011 , .
3. As a sport thats often criticized for being too slow and boringbaseball has no clock , the saying goes its important that it hold onto perhaps the most dramatic , vivid play it has to offer .
4. Baseball is a form of entertainment , and few plays are as entertaining as bang-bang plays -LRB- a close call on whether the runner is thrown out -RRB- at the plate .
5. We watch to see how well the catcher blocks the plate , how hard the runner slides , and whether the catcher can hold the ball .
6. One columnist described it this way : When -LSB- collisions -RSB- do occur , theyre exciting .
7. Other sportslike American football , ice hockey , and rugbyfeature plenty of violent hits .
8. As dangerous as that play may be , its exciting to watch .
9. It is just not necessary for baseball to prohibit a small dose of something that is extremely common in other sports .
10. Baseball has so few of them that when they do happen , they are doubly entertaining .
Claim: Collisions are exciting and fun to watch.

Argument:1. Men and women with bright ideas will be afraid to pursue them .
2. Allowing such an inflexible approach to dominate a business environment where growth is dependent on companies willingness to engage in research and experimentation - on their willingness to take risks - will have a chilling effect .
3. A businesss bankruptcy can result in its owners losing homes , being barred from holding directorial positions and prevented from obtaining credit for any purpose .
4. Floundering businesses are rapidly liquidated by creditors , while the executives and directors of bankrupt firms may find themselves made personally or criminally liable for failed businesses .
5. The dynamism evident in the United States economy has been fostered , in part , by Chapter 11 .
6. Bankruptcy laws in the United Kingdom and Europe impose onerous penalties on businesses and business owner that are unable to meet the demands of their creditors .
7. Consequently , it is necessary to adopt an approach to corporate debt and bankruptcy that allows high risk development and research to be pursued freely , and for successful projects to be fully realised .
8. Although an economy of this type makes the best use of the high liquidity and highly educated workforces of liberal democratic countries , it also carries with it a high burden of risk .
9. Western economies are reliant on the creation of new forms of product and service and the refinement of existing ones .
10. The creation of knowledge and service economies and the movement of mining and manufacturing activities to the developing world mean that the economies of Europe , the United Kingdom and America are now driven by innovation and research .
Claim:
Shifting the balance between risk and innovation.