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If someone commits adultery on their souse, and their spouse commits suicide over it, what should the punishment be for the aduleror or adulteress?

If it's proven in a court of law that someone committed adultery, what should the punishment be? It boggles my mind how ppl think adultery should fall under the list of things the government grants as freedom. It's illegal to refuse to bake a cake for gays, but legal to betray the one you love most? It's illegal to litter on the streets but not commit adultery on your one true love? It's illegal for police stations to torture serial killers to get information but legal to cheat on the one you love the most? In the ninja world, those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon even one of their comrades is worse than scum; your spouse is your comrade number one.

Now, for all the nitpickers who will not comment on the heart of the question, I know the laws I mentioned are not universal, and some places don't make those things illegal. I also know adultery is technically illegal in some places, however, those laws are not enforced.
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There should be no punishment.
While tragic, the cheater has not forced their partner to take their life.
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@AgapeLove

Sure, but if we started punishing people for knock on effects of their behaviour on others...well that would get out of control real quick.

I don't think adultery should be illegal because i don't think the government should be involved with our relationships.
Besides, people commit adultery for a number of reasons, not just because they're human garbage.

lol yes everything's good. Watchin some naruto😉
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@AgapeLove I have seen up to that point at least. I've managed to avoid spoilers for years though and i don't intend to stop now lol.

s. For instance, instructing someone to murder is technically not murdering, yet it is illegal

But that's still an action undertaken with the intention to kill.


what would happen if we did make adultery punishable

I don't think it would change a whole hell of a lot, to be honest.
There doesn't seem to be much that anyone can do to stop people from boning when they want to bone.