Please don't take HN threads further into flamewar. This is a noticeable drop into hell right here.

We don't need you to change your views but we do need you not to post like this. A more substantive, less aggressive way of making your point would be fine.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

There are plenty of crimes that are totally victimless for which we as a society "punish" people. I think you're right that the average person wants punishment for someone who has wronged them, but (for reasons only God knows) I think the average person also wants punishment for people that haven't wronged them at all, but just did something they think is immoral. I'll never forget seeing a neighbor call the cops on my friend who was smoking a joint in her own car. He only knew she was doing it because he was trespassing on her property. I couldn't believe someone would be such a dick to another person. I sure hope we can change cause what we do now is sick.

No. It's because we possess empathy.

Implying people who disagree with you only do so because they are like criminals is not a very open mindset.