“I want to shoot him in the stomach to see how he’d like it, like he did my son.”
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3 '1' votes and no articulate disagreement? Must be the childless among us voting, eh?
When was the last time you poured some wine for you and your sweetie and went out on the front porch to watch the geometry frolic on the lake?--Rebecca M. Riordan, Designing Effective Database Systems
Jerry Hammond wrote:
Must be the childless among us voting, eh?
No it think it's the clueless among us voting.
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3 '1' votes and no articulate disagreement? Must be the childless among us voting, eh?
When was the last time you poured some wine for you and your sweetie and went out on the front porch to watch the geometry frolic on the lake?--Rebecca M. Riordan, Designing Effective Database Systems
A matter of how many wrongs does it take to make a right.
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Hot damn, now that is how a real parent speaks and feels when their child is injured by another.! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14180059/[^]
"I'm happier than a tornado in a trailer park"--Cars
As a parent, I agree with himn. As a citizen, I understand that this is why we shouldn't let hot-headed victims be involved in setting policy.
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As a parent, I agree with himn. As a citizen, I understand that this is why we shouldn't let hot-headed victims be involved in setting policy.
Jim A. Johnson wrote:
As a parent, I agree with himn. As a citizen, I understand that this is why we shouldn't let hot-headed victims be involved in setting policy.
Exactly right. One of the fundamental markers of the progress of civilization is the removal of responsibility from victims for exacting punishment and the placing of that responsibility in the hands of the legal system, with the laws being determined by disinterested third parties. Unfortunately, recent fashions regarding victims' rights have encouraged a return to a more primitive view on these matters. Punishment is still exacted through the legal system, but with undue weight given to the policy positions of victims.
John Carson "To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason is like administering medicine to the dead." Thomas Paine
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Jim A. Johnson wrote:
As a parent, I agree with himn. As a citizen, I understand that this is why we shouldn't let hot-headed victims be involved in setting policy.
Exactly right. One of the fundamental markers of the progress of civilization is the removal of responsibility from victims for exacting punishment and the placing of that responsibility in the hands of the legal system, with the laws being determined by disinterested third parties. Unfortunately, recent fashions regarding victims' rights have encouraged a return to a more primitive view on these matters. Punishment is still exacted through the legal system, but with undue weight given to the policy positions of victims.
John Carson "To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason is like administering medicine to the dead." Thomas Paine
John Carson wrote:
Punishment is still exacted through the legal system, but with undue weight given to the policy positions of victims.
I think you have that backwards.
"I curse economic prosperity as it puts an end to much-needed poverty, famine and pestilence." -dennisd45
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Hot damn, now that is how a real parent speaks and feels when their child is injured by another.! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14180059/[^]
"I'm happier than a tornado in a trailer park"--Cars
Eye for an eye - sweet.
- S 50 cups of coffee and you know it's on!
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Eye for an eye - sweet.
- S 50 cups of coffee and you know it's on!
It's a damn shame humans only have two eyes. :rolleyes:
-- Federal law prohibits changing the channel
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It's a damn shame humans only have two eyes. :rolleyes:
-- Federal law prohibits changing the channel
It's a shame these people didn't have just one eye, so they'd be done. :rolleyes:
- S 50 cups of coffee and you know it's on!
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As a parent, I agree with himn. As a citizen, I understand that this is why we shouldn't let hot-headed victims be involved in setting policy.
5, you have stated the dilemma well.
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A matter of how many wrongs does it take to make a right.
I'm not sure how many know that Australia had an official 'white Australia' policy in the 50s, but every time I see that, I'm reminded of the slogan 'two wongs don't make a white', and I get depressed...
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