the qin dynasty followed the philosophy of legalism. basically, they tried to create an ordered society by setting up a system of harsh, brutal punishments to deter law breakers. do you think it's a good idea or a bad idea to be harsh and brutal with criminals? give me at least one example and a minimum of 2 sentences in your answer to receive full credit.

EX: I believe it's a bad idea because those that are pressured into crime or unknowingly/impulsively commit it at a young age get punished severely. As an example, if a young teen gets pressured into selling drugs and gets caught, the teen shouldn't be punished harshly in this circumstance as he/she had no choice. (You can extend if you want)

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with the profits from the european sales, merchants purchased europe's manufactured  goods, including tools and weapons. then the merchants shipped those manufactured  goods, along with the  american  sugar and rum, to west africa where they were bartered for  slaves.

this headline suggests that midterm congressional   elections are at the corner and trump administration wants to activate his base by vowing to clamp down on immigrants and immigration as trump had said during his election campaign around two years ago. when a baby is born in usa, the baby becomes citizen of usa for 85 years and trump wants to end this rule of birthright citizenship to control illegal immigration and this what he said in an interview""we’re the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the united states for 85 years, with all of those benefits,” "