It’s Different

Tom: Capital punishment is stupid. You can’t prove killing is wrong by killing.

Harry: How do propose kidnappers should be punished?

Tom: They should be put in prison.

Harry: Doesn’t putting someone in jail seem a lot like kidnapping to you?

Tom: No. Why?

Harry: I mean, sending someone to jail for kidnapping means you’re forcibly taking someone and locking them up as punishment for forcibly taking someone and locking them up.

Tom: It’s different.

Harry: Totally.