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| Las Vegas mayor wants to punish those who graffiti; ...by cutting a thumb off! | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 3 2005, 02:46 PM (359 Views) | |
| The 89th Key | Nov 3 2005, 02:46 PM Post #1 |
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Is it bad I semi-agree with him? http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/stor...5390726,00.html |
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| Aqua Letifer | Nov 3 2005, 02:55 PM Post #2 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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Our civilized institutions have become ineffective against the doings of evil! Rise again, ye barbarian methods of old! Once again may you punish the wicked so that the good may thrive! Hey, I'm all for it! I say that should be the answer to a lot of today's crime problems. Cut off a pinkie, but then don't hold anything against the person after they paid their debt. You cut off your pinkie, and you're square with society again. |
| I cite irreconcilable differences. | |
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| The 89th Key | Nov 3 2005, 02:56 PM Post #3 |
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More or less...fine with me! An eye for an eye is perfectly fine! |
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| Aqua Letifer | Nov 3 2005, 02:57 PM Post #4 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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Of course, the punishment should at least TRY to fit the crime. I say cut off the first segment of the pointer finger, as that's what's used. |
| I cite irreconcilable differences. | |
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| ivorythumper | Nov 3 2005, 03:02 PM Post #5 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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I am all in favor of castrating rapists and giving them penectomies. |
| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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| Axtremus | Nov 3 2005, 03:05 PM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Implement Shariah! That should clean up Sin City.
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| Tim the Enchanter | Nov 3 2005, 03:08 PM Post #7 |
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Advanced Member
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| Summoning up fire without flint or tinder since 1974. | |
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| AlbertaCrude | Nov 3 2005, 03:18 PM Post #8 |
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Bull-Carp
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I trust you all know just who is the mayor of Las Vegas. Remember the movie Casino with Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci? Great film. Well does anyone recollect the legal counsellor for the mob bosses in the movie? Well, that character is the present real life mayor of Las Vegas- Mr. Oscar Goodman. So, the way I see it, cutting off a thumb is actually pretty reasonable given the mayor's former clients' methods of retribution and governance. |
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| ivorythumper | Nov 3 2005, 03:53 PM Post #9 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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He must be getting soft in his old age. No more ball-peen hammers to the knuckles for card sharps? |
| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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| AlbertaCrude | Nov 3 2005, 04:03 PM Post #10 |
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Bull-Carp
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Nor does he have to act as defense attorney any more, for the likes of organized crime affiliates such as Meyer Lansky, Tony 'The Ant' Spilatro (the real life Joe Pesci character) and Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal (de Niro's character). |
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| ycul | Nov 3 2005, 04:13 PM Post #11 |
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Junior Carp
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I hope Wacki's reading this... |
| How now, brown cow. | |
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| AlbertaCrude | Nov 3 2005, 04:19 PM Post #12 |
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Bull-Carp
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Oh... does Wacki like movie trivia or is he just a Joe Pesci fan? |
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| Riley | Nov 3 2005, 05:17 PM Post #13 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Doesn't that seem a little harsh to anyone? Screwing up someones entire life, for one stupid mistake they make when they are young? Couldn't they just make them clean it off or something? And maybe have them do some extra community service or something... |
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| AlbertaCrude | Nov 3 2005, 05:21 PM Post #14 |
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Bull-Carp
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I suppose, how about putting their head in bench vice instead? |
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| ivorythumper | Nov 3 2005, 05:41 PM Post #15 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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I don't think it would pass muster with the Bill of Rights, so I can only guess that its grandstanding. Not to worry. |
| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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| Steve Miller | Nov 3 2005, 06:38 PM Post #16 |
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Bull-Carp
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I suspect you're right, and I wouldn't be in favor of it anyway. However, back when I was painting graffitti off of a block wall nearly every other day I would have heartily endorsed the idea. It really is a cancer on the neighborhood. |
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Wag more Bark less | |
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| jon-nyc | Nov 4 2005, 02:49 AM Post #17 |
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Cheers
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Im trying to imagine Basquiat without a thumb. |
| In my defense, I was left unsupervised. | |
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| Wacki Iraqi | Nov 4 2005, 05:19 AM Post #18 |
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Senior Carp
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I'm gonna be selling gimp suits online soon, there's a hell of a market here alone. |
| You're an atheist when considering Zeus, Apollo, Amon Ra, Mithras, Baal, Thor, Wotan, the Golden Calf and the Flying Spaghetti Monster.........I just go one God further. | |
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| apple | Nov 4 2005, 05:24 AM Post #19 |
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one of the angels
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there are advantages to a punishment cheaply administered without the repercussions of the downside of a prison population negatively influencing it's members. A visible scar is a huge deterrence. |
| it behooves me to behold | |
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| Wacki Iraqi | Nov 4 2005, 05:26 AM Post #20 |
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Senior Carp
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Or a trophy! Just give me your size and preferred shade of black Apple. :ph43r: |
| You're an atheist when considering Zeus, Apollo, Amon Ra, Mithras, Baal, Thor, Wotan, the Golden Calf and the Flying Spaghetti Monster.........I just go one God further. | |
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| apple | Nov 4 2005, 06:10 AM Post #21 |
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one of the angels
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what can you mean... |
| it behooves me to behold | |
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| ivorythumper | Nov 4 2005, 09:33 AM Post #22 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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Given the choice of losing a thumb vs lock up in a prison, I think most folks would rather lose a thumb. I wonder if it were a voluntary choice that it would circumvent the Bill of Rights???? (just thinking hypothetically). |
| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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| Luke's Dad | Nov 4 2005, 11:01 AM Post #23 |
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Emperor Pengin
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What should we do, then, with those caught urinating in public?
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| The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it. | |
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| schindler | Nov 4 2005, 11:02 AM Post #24 |
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Fulla-Carp
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:lol:
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| We're all mad here! | |
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