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Subject: 
Re: Tolerance of vice
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lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.pt
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Date: 
Tue, 23 Oct 2001 21:52:33 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:

(snipped)

What other punishments short of banning are there?

The ancient greeks devised a special punishment for those they considered to
be disgracing their community. I am unsure of the English name for it, but
it should be something like "Ostracism" for a determined period of time.
(I do not endorse ANY punishment for EITHER of you two, just thought you
might like to know about *this particular punishment* as alternative to banning)

Pedro

PS - Why not create a special subgroup under o-t.d for "Larry vs. Scott"
worst fights? Just a thought...   ;-)



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  Re: Tolerance of vice
 
(...) Bad example... since you're referring to noncommon law. Speed limits tend to be revenue generation devices nowadays more than anything else. But I can tell you that I would not patronise a private road that used that particular punishment. (...) (23 years ago, 23-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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