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How much punishment is enough?

ImaginalDisc said:
Yes, we have even inventeted a time machine to let us go to the year 1021 and insert that abreviation "X" for "christ" in The Anglo Saxon Chronicle. There are citations for this usage in English as far back as the 16th century, used by Christians in a Christian context.

Shall our mad genuis ever be stopped?

ETA: Of course, you can hardly blame Americans for being amatuers at celebratinc Christmas, we've only been doing it since 1840.
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:bigclap

Nominated!
 
quixotecoyote said:
No, there's a difference.

Car thieves are not forced to live X feet away from a parking space.

Bank robbers are not forced to live X feet away from financial institutions.

Drunk and Disorderly offenders are nor forced to live X feet away from sources of alcohol.

Carjackers are not forced to live X feet away from intersections.

This is trying to deny the ex-cons a place to live. There can be no public objection to keep adding places they can't live and as such it makes it more certain there will be another offense because it becomes next to impossible to live legally.
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So? That is the price the perpetrators of that particular crime pay, and they knew it before they committed their crime.
 
Joshua Korosi said:
So? That is the price the perpetrators of that particular crime pay, and they knew it before they committed their crime.
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That is not an argument which speaks to whether or not the punishment is just. If a law is passed making speeding punishable by not being allowed within 10 yards of a car, would you be equally dismissive if someone pointed out how unusual that punishment is?
 
Tokenconservative said:
LOL!

I love this sort of rationalization best! It's like IDers who use science to prove that science is wrong.

The X, in American culture, comes from Xmas...a means of removing Christ from the picture in our secularist society.

But you keep trying,

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Inappropriate personal insult removed.


Tokie
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Ah, that must explain why KittyNH here calls herself an "Xtian." She's trying to camouflage herself so she won't be devoured by packs of ravening secularists.
 
bruto said:
Ah, that must explain why KittyNH here calls herself an "Xtian." She's trying to camouflage herself so she won't be devoured by packs of ravening secularists.
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Two possibilities: she is being sardonic, or understands that in a forum like this, rife as it is with PCers ready to leap on any percieved slight (some spineless wuss, for example, just ran to a mod because I called him "numbnuts" after he called me "nimrod"....LOL!) she knows that if she uses the reviled "C-word" it's likely to get her invited to a cookout...

Tokie
 
Tokenconservative said:
Two possibilities: she is being sardonic, or understands that in a forum like this, rife as it is with PCers ready to leap on any percieved slight (some spineless wuss, for example, just ran to a mod because I called him "numbnuts" after he called me "nimrod"....LOL!) she knows that if she uses the reviled "C-word" it's likely to get her invited to a cookout...

Tokie
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Like Arlo Guthrie when he was arrested, there is a third possibility you haven't even counted upon, the word has been used in that fashion for longer than there have been Protestants.
 
ImaginalDisc said:
Like Arlo Guthrie when he was arrested, there is a third possibility you haven't even counted upon, the word has been used in that fashion for longer than there have been Protestants.
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Once again...I love this kind of rationalization on the part of leftist-secularists.

The MODERN use of the "X" in place of Christ dates only the 1960s...are you (and other brilliant thinkers in here) seriously arguing that this term came into common usage in America because after all, it was in use in the Levant 1800 years ago?

LOL!

You people crack me up.

Tell me...do you get headaches from pretzelizing logic in this fasion inside your head?

Tokie
 
Tokenconservative said:
Once again...I love this kind of rationalization on the part of leftist-secularists.

The MODERN use of the "X" in place of Christ dates only the 1960s...are you (and other brilliant thinkers in here) seriously arguing that this term came into common usage in America because after all, it was in use in the Levant 1800 years ago?

LOL!

You people crack me up.

Tell me...do you get headaches from pretzelizing logic in this fasion inside your head?

Tokie
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Your assertion is entirely, demonstrably, and clearly, false - and I have already shown it to be so.
 
ImaginalDisc said:
Your assertion is entirely, demonstrably, and clearly, false - and I have already shown it to be so.
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Now was this before or after whining to a mod after calling me "nimrod" earlier...or were you actually comparing me to the OT king of that name?

At any rate, no...what you did was shoehorn some "facts" into your "argument" so that you could--in your own mind--arrive at your pre-determined conclusion.

Tokie
 


Y'all! ALL Y'ALL!

Whether you like it or not, we DO have rules here--and one of those rules is to attack the argument, not the arguer, and to refrain from petty bickering.

Now, for the love of (insert real or imagined deity here), please remember this is not a schoolyard, and you're not in third grade. Be civil and polite--or else!

I've moved the offending posts here.
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ImaginalDisc said:
ETA: Of course, you can hardly blame Americans for being amatuers at celebrating Christmas, we've only been doing it since 1870.
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True, there is no where near enough drinking on Christmas in America. When is the last time you saw a traditional twelfth night party done up right?
 
Tokenconservative said:
When a FEMALE teacher has sex with a 12 yr old student, she gets probation for a couple or three years.

And a book deal.
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Only if she's good looking. If she's ugly, she suffers same as a man.

Anybody see anything wrong with this?
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Nope, everything is as it should be.



Speaking of this, in a number of states, they're rounding up sex offenders for Halloween night. Either via long curfews, if not outright spending the night in custody.

While I have no problem with this "just in case", I do wonder if there are a rash of kinappings and/or sexual abuse on Halloween as opposed to any other night of the year. In other words, is this a response to problems on Halloween in years past, or is it just a target of opportunity thanks to these lists and the ever-growing outrage to Keep Them Out Of My Community.
 
ponderingturtle said:
True, there is no where near enough drinking on Christmas in America. When is the last time you saw a traditional twelfth night party done up right?
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I think I could manage to get into the Christmas spirit if it meant a good English twelfth night party.

Instead I'm stuck with noche buena and an undetermined number of wise men.
 
ImaginalDisc said:
That is not an argument which speaks to whether or not the punishment is just. If a law is passed making speeding punishable by not being allowed within 10 yards of a car, would you be equally dismissive if someone pointed out how unusual that punishment is?
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No. The difference being, it so happens that I believe being kept a good distance away from kids is a fitting punishment for someone who has a history of violating kids.
 
Joshua Korosi said:
No. The difference being, it so happens that I believe being kept a good distance away from kids is a fitting punishment for someone who has a history of violating kids.
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But being kept a good distance away from banks is not a fitting punishment for bank robbers? Being kept a fitting distance away from women is not a fitting punishment for a men who had raped an adult woman?

Isn't our treatment of pedophiles highly unusual? Doesn't it effectively make it impossible for them to live in urban areas legally?
 
ImaginalDisc said:
Isn't our treatment of pedophiles highly unusual? Doesn't it effectively make it impossible for them to live in urban areas legally?
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It is a highly unusual type of crime. And no, it is not impossible to live legally in urban areas, except in one or two very extreme cases which have made the national news because they are so rare. It is merely inconvenient for some child molesters who then have to move. To which I say, the inconvenience belongs to them, bought and paid for.
 
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