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Originally Posted by mbyron
You're confusing 'punishment' with 'compensation'.
Why can't a penalty be both punishment and deterrent?
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It can be, but it isn't in all cases, and if you're distinguishing punishment from compensation then there is
no reason for official punishment in a game, because it's just a game. In languages where the words for punishment and penalty are the same, this distinction does not exist, but in English the words have subtly different meanings.
Robert in the Bronx