 One might think it is enough for retributivist accounts of punishment if hard treatment can constitute an important part of communicating to both the wrongdoer and the rest of the community the censure that the wrongdoer deserves. The worry, however, is that it may not suffice to say that hard treatment is one possible method of communicating censure. Given the normal moral presumptions against imposing suffering on others, it may be necessary to show that censure alone, unaccompanied by extra suffering, cannot be fully or properly communicated. This may be very hard to show. Though the possibility that the value of suffering may depend on the context in which it is experience or inflicted—see  section 4.3.1—may  lighten the burden of proof.