[DAWN] TERRORISM is considered the most urgent public issue facing Pakistain. In popular public discourse about terrorism, the role of the courts that are dealing with terrorism cases is considered to be critical in the fight against it.I think the establishment of dedicated anti-terrorism courts is a pretty good idea, maybe even basic to the fight. They'd be able to filter the BS content. For instance, if every prisoner tried sez he was only in Pakistain to learn Urdu, I think that particular excuse wouldn't get a lot of credence.
Underlying this popular public discourse is a theory about the law and the courts which is accepted as self-evident truth. This theory considers the lack of convictions by the courts as one of the main causes of terrorism. This is because it is propagated that the lack of convictions leads to both the acquitted Death Eaters again committing acts of terrorism and also that these lenient, non-convicting courts have no deterrent effect on other potential or actual Death Eaters as there is no fear of punishment. In short, this theory propagates that accused-loving or accused-fearing courts cause terrorism in a major way.
If there's no punishment there's nothing to hold you back.
But what if this popular, 'self-evident' theory is really a myth?