So the smart murderers become judges while the dumb ones go to jail?
I could be wrong, but I think the judge used to be present for executions? I'd be curious about this, but I don't think it would actually deter anyone from using the death penalty. People can be pretty callous once they start judging people.
I've thought for a while now that the method of execution should be decided by the convicted.
That has the obvious benefit of making sure that the execution is as humane as possible, because the person with the most interest in making it humane is the one making the decision.
I endorsed this idea before I started opposing the death penalty. The problem I see is that this approach assumes the convict is sane or rational. I would guess that the average death row inmate has rather poor decision making skills (or, in Texas, has serious mental disabilities).
It's not humane just because someone chooses to be eaten by lions. I'm not even sure if it would be humane if they were laughing during.
That's the point. Older folks vote with a vengeance.
Garbage. The entire world votes with vengeance. This has nothing to do with old people. It has to do with short attention spans and disproportionate media coverage given to government stuff-ups compared to successes.
By "vote with a vengeance" I meant "have a very high turnout rate". And yes, it has everything to do with old people. You think it's a coincidence that older folks tend to be conservative? That many [mis]remember the past with fondness and want to maintain or revert the status quo?
Why not? I would consider myself on the bleeding edge. However I have no qualms with the Amish community. Why not let conservatives live their lives, and the rest of us can move on.
The only real risk is if one of them enters politics in which case I say grab your pitchforks.
That's the point. Older folks vote with a vengeance. American politics are bad now, but imagine if Confederates were still a large voting bloc. If society is to continue to progress, Methuselah can't be allowed to vote.
Sure, just as soon as the government can raise rates as easily as Time Warner does.
I do wonder what the outcome would be if they ripped every single track from the users' CDs and uploaded them to private storage on a server with block level deduplication. Would file level deduplication be a problem, while block level was allowed?
Does Aereo remove the advertisements those broadcasters placed into the stream? If not then how are they taking away a source of revenue?
I'm surprised nobody has correctly answered this. Aereo isn't the concern at all here. Cable companies pay to re-broadcast the networks to cable subscribers. This is a large chunk of the broadcasters' revenue. That's the loss of revenue, and that's why this has such large implications for broadcast networks.
I don't see any reason why this couldn't be a narrow ruling that allowed this usage but not a general rebroadcast, but IANA supreme court justice.
Government is only a corporate tool.
You can say that, but that doesn't make it so. Governments have far more power than corporations since one can readily acquire money with power, but not the other way around. Why would you even think that a company like Google would have more power than a government?
Erm... what? "Governments" in the abstract have more theoretical power than corporations, sure, but over here in reality? Corporations have far more power than individual elected politicians... and that's what counts. Money can fundamentally influence views and frame the debate (ownership of media), and large-scale fundraising is a de facto prerequisite for most candidates. Elected officials need patrons, and the patrons expect something in return.
However, government is more than a corporate tool. It's also a tool of the wealthy, interest groups, and blocks of voters (yes, even unions).
> Linear time should be expected (if it takes longer per ticket when there are more, thats bad, but non-polynomial, thats just horrid)
If one person is having trouble with the web site, there are x0,000 possible causes, so you start with "what are the symptoms they are experiencing, what browser are they using", etc. If there are a flood of tickets about the web site, a few of which mention "can not resolve host name", you have have a DNS problem. More tickets = more information = less time to fix.
That definitely depends on what position you are in and whether the tickets are related. Have you never had to deal with constant interruptions from management and clients/customers asking about the status of tickets?
When I was around 22 I started using the "save/invest half of every raise you get". Worked out pretty well until I changed careers, but was sure glad I had the savings.
No. My point is that the radical left is trying to rebrand themselves and usurp a nice sounding existing label. These modern democrats are PINO, progressive in name only.
If you mean that they're Progressive In Name Only because many of their policies are objectively the same policies championed by conservatives two decades ago, then you are certainly correct.
What specific policy positions taken by the current Democratic Party do you feel are "radical left"? Real stuff, not "I heard Breitbart and Fox speculating about internment camps for white people".
I agree. I haven't looked up the numbers, but my memory tells me there was a slight majority in favor of OIF.
My point was "US Congress approved" and "US public backed" are entirely unrelated statements. So if you meant to use the former as evidence of the latter, in comments on THIS article, that's relevant (and a bit amusing). If not, I suspect you're right on both counts.
The pro life argument is generally not that the woman should be punished, but that abortion is the taking of a life and therefore murder. The vast majority of the pro life movement is not okay with murder (that's exactly what they are fighting against!)
And yet I am quite confident the vast majority of "pro-life"ers:
- support the death penalty
- oppose food stamps
- have not adopted
The old line about only being pro-life until the baby is born still rings true.
That is a load of bull. The US Congress approved...military action to remove Saddam from power. The US public backed both actions at the time.
I'm not sure if you meant those as related statements, but it's worth pointing out that TFA essentially says "Congress is rarely affected by public opinion".
Any recommendations? Seriously. I'd pay for a 24-27" 4K display with a more usable aspect ratio.
Top Ten Things Overheard At The ANSI C Draft Committee Meetings: (5) All right, who's the wiseguy who stuck this trigraph stuff in here?
