Comment Re:when? (Score 1) 182
As others have noted, not having to wait hours for downloads has benefits to productivity as well as creativity.
Some people do see the justice system as a method for taking revenge
How people see it is likewise irrelevant. It's put in place expressly to prevent 'revenge' from being the method of retribution.
Again, changing the punishment to life incarceration doesn't make the problem go away.
Given that we've just found out that the FBI has screwed up 1000s of cases including 30+ who are now dead and perhaps wouldn't be...life is infinitely better.
No, the person's life is just as wasted
That tells us plenty about your opinion...I'd wager most people on death row would see it slightly differently. And 100% of those now dead would see it differently. Being 'free' for even an hour is still probably worth, quite seriously, millions of dollars to those people (and the local populace who gets to pay it)
If they remain a threat, just eliminate said threat.
Worked well when fighting the mythical Lernaean Hydra...unless of course you've discovered the modern equivalent of torching the stumps after every each head is cut off; we seem to be missing that part of the story currently.
Drone strikes make MORE terrorists not less.
don't rely on electricity as their power source
Why wouldn't we use the single most abundant energy source on the planet to power something that is energy intensive? Oh and said energy source has no fuel costs?
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