Nah, my painkillers are pretty light. They're only a sliver beyond the league of the ones you take for recovering from a hangover. That's why I'm...
I made him a different one. ;) I'm doing pretty good. Having tenacious stomach aches on top of the usual lately. I've been told that switching...
Tideland Probably the weirdest movie I've seen this year, and quite possibly the best. I fucking adore Terry Gilliam for shooting this gem.
My cousin? The guy who left the message? He wasn't involved in the accident. I just asked him to make the account.
There's still a person behind the on/off button. What's the difference between starting up a machine or, say, pulling a trigger? Maybe because those other people aren't conditioned. The idea didn't force its way in with the original still lingering somewhere. In this latter case, the idea that some people deserve to die is the original. Truth be told I find it a bit naive to assume that everyone would just retch at the thought of shooting a serial rapist through the head. No they don't, not all of them anyway. I'm not saying we find these people on every corner of the street but I know they're there. There you have it. Expressing a view you don't really possess is hypocritical. If you want someone to die in a fit of rage and only at that point, you're being hypocritical at that very moment. So the big difference between soldiers and executioners, who both kill as ordered by a higher legal power rather than for individual gain, is the inmate's inability to fight back. Well sorry but I thought someone is at his most harmless when he's dead and a Phoenix Down is used on his zombie. Also, your argument of "cowardice" has a shade of self-contradiction to it. I'll play along with one of your former arguments for a second and agree that killing someone would place a significant mental burden on the person committing the act. How is someone a coward when he, according to you, risks his own sanity for doing what he thinks is right? Last but not least, executioners (even the coldest, most ruthless of the bunch) cannot be compared to criminals for the simple reason that they are level-headed or at least humane enough to abide to the law. Having it in yourself to kill someone is not the same as having an urge to strangle anyone you come across, or at least it wasn't the last time I checked. We could kill two birds with one stone by burying the convict alive! Just kidding. Then don't make them clean. I abhor how so many people still bend over backwards over aesthetics. His family will have a slightly harder time looking at him with a bullet in his head (even though that's by far not the worst to look at) but I don't see it as a punishment as much as I see it as a snap of reality. Oh, and they too reap the benefits or having to pay less for any other criminal who has drawn the short end of the straw. Not much of a consolation but I just wanted to point out the bigger picture here. Either way there are too many cheaper alternatives to dispose of a dead man walking than the lethal injection or the electric chair as they exist now to just overlook them. Try pointing a stick at him while shouting "Avada Kedavra" for all I care. And this is not the case when lifetime imprisonment is on the line rather than death penalty? View also: my opinion on clean executions. Seriously, there are measures aplenty that can be simplified with an easy yet probably ontroversial adjustment. Or what do you mean exactly with "the practice"? I don't see it as new, I see it as renewed. Capital punishment and all the mumbo-jumbo that precedes the final act is hardly the same as it was in the Middle Ages, wouldn't you agree? Also, you contra guys are the ones saying that it's a step backwards. I don't agree with that. Not if it'd be done properly this time. ;) Besides, in some cases your "much better methods" may be able to complement and coexist with capital punishment.
Actually, I wouldn't be too cheerful at the thought of being tucked away for life either. I might even cherish false hope that they'll uncover their mistake, hope which possibly leads to despair because my expectations remain unfulfilled. No, if I was wrongfully accused I wouldn't be too happy about it but I'd be upset for the fact that I am being punished and much less, if at all, for the nature of that punishment. Or maybe they too support the death penalty and aren't filthy hypocrites who are willing to practice what they preach. And if so many of them gain mental traumas, then we need to be stricter on who we hire for these executions now won't we? I've never seen it as revenge as much as I've seen it as the ultimate potentially reasonably priced safety precaution. The act itself is no more humane than me bludgeoning some random passer-by to the afterlife. It's the purpose of the act which makes it that one step higher than your friendly neighbourhood murder. That, and the fact that it isn't (or shouldn't be) one individual that decides upon right and wrong but rather the law as a whole. Yes, I know what you'll say to this. The judge is still one person and (s)he's still the one making the ultimate decision. Not quite how I want it yet either but it's trial period worthy to say the least. I'm curious to see if the system would work with the current imperfections we have. I still stick to my opinion that we should make a test drive with capital punishment to see how much dough we'll save up and how efficiently we make hazardous elements kick the bucket. If the system doesn't look promising enough I'm willing to eat my words on this matter. Lately some events in the papers have given me second thoughts but I'm not convinced until I have a better view on the results.
Am I the only one "immoral" enough to risk a few innocent lives to lighten the financial burden on so many others by executing some criminals swiftly but cheaply? I for one, am prepared to give it a test run. Like keeping track of all executions and all individual cases and review that data in a decade or so to see if the system has more benefits or flaws. If, and that would be a big if if everyone actually did their job (which is unfortunately a big if itself), capital punishment does happen to be a complete failure then at least we have some rational ground to justify our abortion of it instead of the "life is holier than holy" preaching.
Twelve sheep, four of which looking like Chuck Norris. What can we do?
We've united forces on several debates, most of which concerned religious topics. He's an intelligent guy. Do you know him personally?
Not gonna read the whole thread, nor am I going to express my views again. Not now anyway. Correction: part of the general public would agree that it's money well spent and the other, more pragmatic part of the general public would wonder what's in it for them. This has nothing to do with capital punishment but I've been following the news here in my country more closely and recently an already obvious trait of (part of) the general public has become even more obvious: they dislike paying.
A few years is no generation.
First thought Someone needs to learn how to form decent sentences. Seriously. Possible translation: Second thought Yes, I'm more or less familiar with paganism and I know some people who are into it. Hence I know better than to believe the various prejudices around Paganism. I don't believe in it myself and think of it as a sort of underground religion. I hope it stays that way.
A hint for life: never speak for everyone.
*sigh* What he means is: would you invade someone else's privacy if you had the chance (read: if the other person is stupid enough to allow his privacy to be invaded)? It's really not that hard to figure out, guys. Use that thing between your ears. I'm a curious person by nature so I'd probably take a sneak peek just once. If you're that much of an idiot to leave your personal data unattended, you derserve it (in a manner of speaking). Or that's what I'd tell myself to justify my shameless trespassing anyway.
True that, plus the now generally accepted idea of "we're all just a bunch of circulating molecules" (note the grand connection here too) is without a doubt extremely valuable but I can imagine that many people find it quite unappealing.
Oops, I didn't notice this before. Sorry to hear you're leaving, mate. I'm not sure I'm following here but it doesn't matter. It's your choice and I respect your decision. Good luck in life and all that and I hope you won't forget stopping by every once in a while. See you!
What he said. You may necrobump threads if you have something to contribute, so you don't have to make a new thread. -locked-
There is definitely a scientific connection at least. One doesn't have to be the next Einstein to grasp the enormous influences that the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and biosphere have on one another. Furthermore I think the ties between us humans are tightening due to an increased degree of globalisation. You won't hear me say that this too is part of "The Grand Connection" but it's an evolution worth mentioning all the same.
You summed it up well. I can't help but wondering whether Harry Potter has/had its share of freaks like that.
I'm doing fine. My deepest flesh wounds are healing insanely fast; it amazed even my GP. I have KH 358/2 Days and a bunch of books and mags to...
