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Comment Re:An alternative to the death penalty (Score 1) 591

Your read really was quick if you didn't get to figure this out! Appeals cost money, the increased security of death row costs money. And lots of money. Lots and lots and lots of money. The nonsense about re-offending is just that - nonsense. A whole-life sentence can more easily be created than a morally-justifiable death penalty, so to argue in favor of the latter by dismissing the former isn't particularly honest.

Comment Re:Translation of "more humane". (Score 1) 591

No it doesn't. In your head it might, but out here it doesn't. Not even close. I guess you'd have to claim it does, though, lest you have to admit you are arguing a morally-untenable position. You are the one avoiding hard truths by calling for the killing of people in custody (some of whom are innocent) for some fucked up reason.

Comment Re:Idiotic (Score 2) 591

You are saying it's fine to kill someone in your custody, who is already incapable of ever committing another crime against the general public. It's not first world childishness, it's being a logical, compassionate human being. Your argument boils down to one of hatred and fear, and it is not becoming.

Comment Re:Amazes me (Score 3, Informative) 128

Just as many are gobsmacked by those who assume they know all there is to know about the issues surrounding global warming, and then use their stilted, malformed knowledge of the subject to condemn those who take a more rational, rigorous approach as being hoaxers or charlatans or whatever other pejorative springs limply to mind...

Ozone was a different problem, which has been largely alleviated by international action.

You really should brush up on your knowledge before proudly telling everyone just how little you know.

Comment Re:They're called trees. (Score 2) 128

And practically impossible to re-start, as the majority of coal was created because tree-eating bacteria hadn't yet evolved. Clearly they have now, and so the cycle is not just unbalanced, but completely broken. It might be possible to create coal from peat bogs and the like, but that's nowhere near as easy or widespread as forests, clearly.

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