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reply to post by MystikMushroom
Wait, they have schools for gladiators?
Originally posted by MystikMushroom
Originally posted by Superhans
Originally posted by intrptr
reply to post by ed1320
This man intends to choke the life out of his victim. If he knows the hold well enough to employ it, then he knows that continuously holding it like that will kill someone.
Really? did you have to go to gladiator school to learn that if you choke a person long enough they will die?
Wait, they have schools for gladiators?
Originally posted by VictorVonDoom
If someone is so desperate that they have to steal a tube of toothpaste, GIVE him the tooth paste, and a toothbrush, and a bar of soap, and a couple of bucks if you can spare it. Why is it so hard for some people to look at the less fortunate and say, "What if that were me?"
Originally posted by opethPA
Originally posted by Human_Alien
Stealing a tube of toothpaste is illegal.... not bad
Beating a person to death is both bad and illegal. So we agree there.
It's not the crime of the century. Petty theft is just that. PETTY. I probably stole more candy as a child worth more than this tube of toothpaste. I did the wrong thing. I wasn't considered a bad child.
edit on 18-1-2013 by Human_Alien because: (no reason given)
I think that depends on your definition of bad.. Breaking the law is bad to me, it's pretty binary actually. I don't say "I only did this crime, im not that bad!" Someone makes a conscious choice to do something illegal then they have made the wrong choice and done something bad.
You can marginalize that all you want but the facts are if the guy didn't try and steal from a store, no matter how trivial that appears to you, then he would not have been in that situation.
Originally posted by yadda333
reply to post by Raelsatu
The point of contention is not whether or not theft was committed. My issue is that somebody is actually making a case for some sort of absoluteness of law and its being bound with morality.
The scary thing is that I've seen other posts on this thread that are as equally troubling.
Originally posted by ultimatelizardman
He deserved it, and merits no sympathy.
Not because of the toothpaste, but because of the fact that he intentionally and unnecessarily violated another's property.
how dare you protect those who are on the path to eventually stabbing/shooting/otherwise harming vulnerable people, such as the elderly and the handicapped, for meager sums of money.
Originally posted by yadda333
This has to be the most mind-numbingly stupid thing I have ever read.
I'm not pulling any punches here because I read your other posts. Do you know how many stupid laws are in existence that you have probably broken without knowing? We could sit here and list tons of scenarios, but how 'bout just one:
edit on 1/18/2013 by yadda333 because: (no reason given)
I maintain that he deserved it, and merits no sympathy.
Originally posted by Raelsatu
Your perception of morality & punishment is quite disturbing.
Originally posted by opethPA
Originally posted by yadda333
This has to be the most mind-numbingly stupid thing I have ever read.
I'm not pulling any punches here because I read your other posts. Do you know how many stupid laws are in existence that you have probably broken without knowing? We could sit here and list tons of scenarios, but how 'bout just one:
edit on 1/18/2013 by yadda333 because: (no reason given)
Please tell me exactly what I said that was stupid or wrong?