Given that a nearly identical incident actually took place at the frat in the 1970s, I don’t really see this going too far.

I don’t know. JFK is great and easily reachable if you live almost anywhere in the world — except Manhattan.

Whatever sympathy I may have started out with has evaporated.

He wouldn’t have KNOWN if it weren’t for the money. And the only ones who ruined their lives were themselves.

I’m not sure why for months I thought your red hat avatar was a clear indicator that you were female. That’s such an odd thing for me to have gendered.

The Flash is not a Marvel superhero, just FYI.

I’m sorry. I just can’t believe that anyone has ever had a clown poster.

there is no “or not” here.

You may not still be a Jez user, but I did want to let you know that it might be infrasound.

He looks like Serial Killer Howard Stark.

It happens to me sometimes when I try to wake myself up from a nightmare. That’s really the only time it happens. But it’s the worst because I KNOW the only way out of it is to go back to sleep and wake up again naturally (or possibly wake myself up again successfully), but I also know I’ll probably be returning to…

To recap, what I said was “I think punishment should remain a significant component in how criminals of all kinds are treated.”

Recidivism is THE only factor that has any bearing on the efficacy of the sex offender registry. period.

Yeah, I’m not a big believer in the paranormal, so my first thought was “attic creeper.” Which has really happened to people! I’m certainly not saying it definitely wasn’t something else. But it sounded a lot like the actual crazy squatter stories I’ve read about.

See, but I was talking about recidivism. The whole thread is about recidivism. Your point about the death penalty is irrelevant nonsense from two angles. 1) It has nothing to do with recidivism, which is what we’re really talking about, and 2) it is but one single form of punishment in a vast spectrum of punishments…

Yeah, actually, it does. The death penalty is 100% effective in preventing recidivism. For all people who receive that sentence.

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My parents never did that, but sometimes my dad would spank me if I cried or couldn’t stop crying.

Yes, state sanctioned and marital rape is totally the same as waiting for someone else to initiate sex. That’s certainly not the dumbest fucking thing I’ve ever heard.