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A guy walks into a bar and says, "Pour me something cheap." The barkeep says, "Okay, but what's the deal?" The guy says, "I was just in...
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I ordered a chicken and an egg from Amazon. I will let you know ......
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spikepipsqueak replied to the thread Barbaric.It seems to me (on admittedly minimal information) that the countries with the most draconian notions of the rights of their citizens...
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spikepipsqueak replied to the thread Barbaric.Shank it is. : ). BTW. I had forgotten about Robertson Davies. You have prompted another massive rereading binge. Thank you.
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Those that break the law or pose a threat can be securely separated from society. Killing for convenience or expediency is the mark of a...
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We separate them from society. We build prisons to hold and house them. No longer posing a threat to society, there is no need to...
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Every wrongly executed person would have been just as correct as you to be confident of that. Until, suddenly, they weren't.
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So to deter people from doing the wrong thing legally and morally, to kill because it serves the purpose of the killer, a civilised...
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Shouldn't we be better than those that we imprison? If, ethically, we say that killing for reasons other than self defence (immediate...
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spikepipsqueak replied to the thread Barbaric.Don't know for sure, but I thought there was some pay for the work people do in prison. It pays for small luxuries.
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That's funny, I've often thought the same thing... that jail could be a good retirement plan, if you're somewhat destitute. Commit some...
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spikepipsqueak replied to the thread Barbaric.My mum had a jokey plan for when I was grown up and off her hands. Commit some "victimless" crime that would get her 20 years. A...
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https://xkcd.com/1170
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spikepipsqueak reacted to hurtinbuckaroo's post in the thread Political Rant Funny Images II with
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If I were standing behind him, I’d be blinking “Help me” in Morse code.