tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post7517803250251495111..comments2024-03-28T10:08:38.560-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: SpeechlessRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-49939331903569816892010-08-30T12:39:41.851-04:002010-08-30T12:39:41.851-04:00I don't know about uneducable, but I was a Cre...I don't know about uneducable, but I was a Cretan for a day--my ship put into Souda Bay in '91.<br />Ooohh, cretin with an "i". I'll go away now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-77243831313662797162010-08-28T19:58:25.588-04:002010-08-28T19:58:25.588-04:00wolfwalker,
"Trying to civilize the uncivili...wolfwalker,<br /><br />"<i>Trying to civilize the uncivilizable (which, if constructed in the normal way for such words, means "those who can't be civilized") is a waste of time and effort.</i>"<br /><br />Underneath the starry flag<br />We'll civilize 'em with a Krag... :D<br /><br />To paraphrase P.J. O'Rourke, advancing the boundaries of civilization, even at spearpoint, is not the worst sin that can be committed.<br /><br /><br />(WV: "harcu". A harcu is a funny short poem of three lines, with five, seven, and five syllables.)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-86452383968872053362010-08-28T08:32:22.465-04:002010-08-28T08:32:22.465-04:00Og, if you don't mind jailing the innocent so ...Og, if you don't mind jailing the innocent so as not to let the guilty go free, it's damn certain that everyone is going into maximum CYA mode when you come around looking for information; and more guilty people will go free, not less.<br /><br /><br /><br />Further, it's morally reprehensible. For the innocent, it is simply an unwarranted and unjustifiable attack, no better than what the criminal did in the first place, and morally deserving of the same self-defense resistance by lethal means if necessary. Nothing calls for violent revolution more than that, and you are on the wrong side.<br /><br /><br />Again, for a real option, check Bob Peel's solutions; London used to be amazingly free of crime, despite the fact that it had a drastic imbalance between rich and poor and vertical mobility restricted by social class.EgregiousCharlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-27221986297578714112010-08-28T02:22:27.863-04:002010-08-28T02:22:27.863-04:00Careful Dear, I feel another marriage proposal com...Careful Dear, I feel another marriage proposal coming on!<br /><br />It's just you're so wonderful and wise.<br /><br />Or is it that we agree on most things?<br /><br />I can't tell.John Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875185117306503147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-76468818591938784132010-08-27T20:43:43.434-04:002010-08-27T20:43:43.434-04:00What benEzra said.
And, Wolfwalker? As corp...What benEzra said.<br /><br /> And, Wolfwalker? As corpses, the uncivilizable are as civilized as I need them to be.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-39965229663127956342010-08-27T20:37:15.020-04:002010-08-27T20:37:15.020-04:00"letting the guilty go free on technicalities..."letting the guilty go free on technicalities"<br /><br />Those "technicalities" are the law.<br /><br />A society in which the authorities feel free to violate the rules in pursuit of some perceived "greater good" is more of a threat, and a threat to more people, than some criminal who got off the hook once because the police or DA neglected to follow the rules carefully. Those "technicalities" are what protect us from the arbitrary exercise of raw power.benEzranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-76363911704002356402010-08-27T17:59:39.850-04:002010-08-27T17:59:39.850-04:00Civilizing the uncivilizable is our job -- yours a...<i>Civilizing the uncivilizable is our job -- yours and mine</i><br /><br />No. Civilizing the uncivilized (meaning "those who are not yet civilized") is our job. Though it's a dirty, thankless job that comes with no pay and no benefits, so I often wonder why I should bother.<br /><br />Trying to civilize the uncivilizable (which, if constructed in the normal way for such words, means "those who can't be civilized") is a waste of time and effort. Such individuals should be eliminated, quickly, cleanly, economically, and permanently. <br /><br />One of the many problems with our criminal justice system is that it has lost the distinction between the two concepts. It thinks all criminals are merely uncivilized. It has forgotten that some criminals are uncivilizable, immune to all attempts at rehabilitation.wolfwalkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-23212193432526764552010-08-27T15:44:44.655-04:002010-08-27T15:44:44.655-04:00C) How many innocent men are you okay with punishi...C) How many innocent men are you okay with punishing for nothing, just so you can be sure you got all the guilty ones? <br /><br />As many as it takes. the issue is not to just jail everyone, but decrease the errors in the system- which is rambams original point, which has been taken out of context for ever. <br /><br />D) Are you willing to do your five years of oops-felony time for the Greater Good? <br /><br />Too late. Been pronounced guilty of things I didn't do, suffered for them, and moved on. It didn't kill me. I survived. Not felony, but bad enough, trust me. <br /><br />Little Richard rapes a girl, or at least tries, but there isn't enough evidence to convict. Well, actually, there is, but the convoluted mess of evidence laws and blundering on the part of the po-po, he ends up back on the street. Then, a year later, in Chicago, he savagely tortures, rapes and murders eight nurses. he re-offended, and they got him. Sure, eight innocent women died in fear and pain and degredation, but at least we didn't potentially jail an innocent man. <br /><br />The answer to "the system is fucked up, too many innocents get jailed" is not "let more guilty go", it's "fix"oghttp://www.neanderpundit,comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-24854349449948404482010-08-27T15:40:42.578-04:002010-08-27T15:40:42.578-04:00I kinda like Og, but he is a Roman. My ancestors f...I kinda like Og, but he is a Roman. My ancestors fought horrible bloody wars so as not to be subjected to the ideas of his ilk.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-85398898333489262742010-08-27T14:06:30.962-04:002010-08-27T14:06:30.962-04:00Og: A) Blackstone is trying to say Be Careful, not...Og: A) Blackstone is trying to say Be Careful, not that he wants the guilty to go free. B) Criminals repeat; they get caught. C) How many innocent men are you okay with punishing for nothing, just so you can be sure you got all the guilty ones? D) Are you willing to do your five years of oops-felony time for the Greater Good?Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-34253902305059887912010-08-27T10:44:11.734-04:002010-08-27T10:44:11.734-04:00A few years ago, during a PoliSci lecture, the Pro...A few years ago, during a PoliSci lecture, the Professor told us that between Local, State, Regional, Federal and International Law, Rules, Regs and Decrees that the average U.S. Citizen is subject to about 4 Million of them. Then he Snarked, " Of, course, that means by justing sitting in your chair, you are all probably breaking about 20 of them". Funny at the time, scary today.<br /><br />As for Anon. going to the Concentration Camp, that bum would probably be one of the First to Volunteer for a KAPO job.<br /><br />If that English Bitch did that to MY cat, I don't know how much of her would be left to put into the Garbage Bin. I'd just probably hose what's left of her down the Storm Drain (and probably Violate some EPA Regs in the Process).Bubblehead Les.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00730873284089958084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-79650542365083291762010-08-27T09:50:52.670-04:002010-08-27T09:50:52.670-04:00There ought to be a law.. usually there is but!
T...There ought to be a law.. usually there is but!<br /><br />The requirement to engage the brain prior to doing a grand demonstration<br />of stupid has been long belabored as pointless. Yet still we endeavor to <br />educate the the uneducatible with the hope it may have a positive result. Alas there will be failures, any like the bright meteor their momentary flash will be less than illuminating. <br /><br />Be kind to our foolish friend for his ability to understand complex things is weak. We being a good neighbors are mandated to assist the weak and addled for they are needful of help.<br /><br />That and.. Fools are always the most notable by their noise. <br /><br />Pay attention to the noises, they are the indicators of danger.<br /><br /><br />Eck!Eck!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13890237094647111653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-51466503819156660452010-08-27T09:03:58.191-04:002010-08-27T09:03:58.191-04:00The less respect police get, the more they need fe...The less respect police get, the more they need fear to operate. The more they operate based on fear, the less respect they deserve.<br /><br />The more they have powers that let them operate without respect, the more they attract petty wannabe tyrants.<br /><br />Sir Robert Peel explained <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_Principles" rel="nofollow">how to handle this</a> when he created the first metropolitan police force.<br /><br />Also, Mary Bale should be locked in a garbage bin for 15 hours or until someone finds her, whichever is longer.EgregiousCharleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07853731284933759800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-33387959150996208372010-08-27T08:18:36.550-04:002010-08-27T08:18:36.550-04:00Cat woman should be killed nine times.
Anonymouse...Cat woman should be killed nine times.<br /><br />Anonymouse should be given to the cat to play with. But then, he'll probably be one of the first thrown into the concentration camps while the rest of us are still mounting successful defenses of our homes and neighborhoods.Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-86470616095909026152010-08-27T08:13:12.563-04:002010-08-27T08:13:12.563-04:00"Dewey-eyed". Heh. I see what you did ..."Dewey-eyed". Heh. I see what you did there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-14759535278196836652010-08-27T07:12:00.274-04:002010-08-27T07:12:00.274-04:00Stupidity is incurable, as are sudden and irresist...Stupidity is incurable, as are sudden and irresistible impulses. But judges who have no regard for the Bill of Rights are. No matter how far you are from the Ninth Circuit, vote for Civil Masters who do respect the Constitution. <br /><br />There's always some brain dead incumbent to vote out - and someone out of office whose brain is still in working order to vote in. <br /><br />StrangerStrangerhttp://extranosalley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-64909828922717108412010-08-27T06:47:06.267-04:002010-08-27T06:47:06.267-04:00If you notice, the people who make comments like t...If you notice, the people who make comments like that never include themselves as one of the people who need to be watched. They are smarter than everyone else, you see.Divemedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14583007051962299381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-31056279324498755112010-08-27T06:45:25.485-04:002010-08-27T06:45:25.485-04:00The idiot with the cat ought to be trebucheted int...The idiot with the cat ought to be trebucheted into next week. <br /><br />The blackstone quote always troubled me, and still does. If ten guilty escape, the liklihood of ten or a hundred or a thousand innocent suffering (their victims) is much improved. Seems badly circular. The tenet on which it is based, coming from Rambam, is all about burden of proof, and not about letting the guilty go free on technicalities. At least that's the way it read when I was in the seminary two thousand years ago, I dont know if they've changed the ruling on Maimonides recently.oghttp://www.neanderpundit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-55116667167795544652010-08-27T05:20:46.997-04:002010-08-27T05:20:46.997-04:00Well, if that's not the cats meow, I don't...Well, if that's not the cats meow, I don't know what is....MO Brohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411667014992985310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-86900219527057084062010-08-27T03:53:12.535-04:002010-08-27T03:53:12.535-04:00Link fixed!Link fixed!Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-32112628199482049432010-08-27T03:42:30.612-04:002010-08-27T03:42:30.612-04:00The 'cat' link gives a 404, but the title ...The 'cat' link gives a 404, but the title looks interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com