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Re: This is where I actually want a gun
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 9 Feb 2004 13:07:00 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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> > Dave is spot on in his complete and utter outrage at this unspeakable crime!
> > "Do unto others". I only wish he could be tortured before his execution.
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> What if the prison system was set up so that it didn't cost the state to
> incarcerate him, but instead it generated something for the victim's family?
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> What if he was worth more as parts than just plain dead? Let him live out his
> remaining years with a sliver of liver, one lung, one kidney and no eyes,
> every day people perish for lack of a transplantable kidney, let him repay
> his debt that way.
Wow, this is an interesting idea. Maybe this is what was meant by "an eye for
an eye..." Part out the death row inmates to save other lives. Something King
Solomon would appreciate, I'm sure.
- Chris.
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| (...) Not my original idea. Try googling using Niven and Corpsicle as search terms... also try Gil Hamilton, ARM and Patchwork Girl. Note that it's not Niven's original idea either, I don't think. (at least the frozen corpse part of it anyway) (...) (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) But, John, the death penalty is, so, well, final. What if there was a mistake? It does happen, you know. Even in these apparently close and shut cases, with "confessions" and neat surveilance videotapes and everything. What if the prison (...) (20 years ago, 8-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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