I think a finger or two would have been sufficient :-) Ah, Tink, a man after my own heart. I hate thieves and liars. Often murder is more noble then these two traits of humanity. A thumb on first offense and the other if he does it again. Brutality is effective in controlling populations. Look how well it is working in Iran. The protests are effectively over. To maintain a semblance of order in a brutal society brutal methods are necessary. Making them public would be even more effective. Remember the brutality after the Shah was brought down in 1979? Tens of thousands were rounded up and murdered. It kept the populace quiet for a generation. This is why keel hauling was used on navy ships in the past. Many times crews were made up of criminals and drunks and scurvy dogs. The almost certain death of a keel hauling and subsequent parading of the flesh torn bodies would scare anyone into towing the line.
On capital punishment. How about public executions? What would be the effect of this? Would it galvanize the public against the death penalty or for it? Would it serve as more of a detriment? We rid the world of a lot of murderers here in Texas every year but it hardly makes a ripple in the news cycle. Put that on cable TV and make it interesting by putting them in a cage with a pack of hungry wolves and it would get international attention. Not that I advocate anything like that; I'm just putting it out there for discussion. dj On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Tinker<[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jun 25, 1:45 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: >> As religious tolerance continues, what are we to think about this? > It's time to quit tolerating religion. > >> What are we to do about this? > Change the 'direction' of Society. > >> What do you think? > I think a finger or two would have been sufficient :-) > > peace & Love > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8118306.stm > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
