<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; ">R Z Sero suggests that </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; ">According to dinei Torah the godfather is indeed innocent,</span>
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; ">Not being punishable within the framework of BD does not mean that the gfather is innocent. Is he not Chayev BeDinei Shomayim?</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; ">R Zev adds</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; ">so why should you want to punish him?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; "><br>
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; ">I do not quite know if R Zev meant this, but his comment can be read as, it is not right to want to punish someone who is not transgressing the letter of the Law. I disagree. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; ">Should we not want to punish people who are evil? Ohavey HaShem must hate evil and I assume this includes wanting to punish them.</span></div>