Re: [privacy] U.S. House Vote on 'Illegal Images' Sweeps in WiFi,

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On Dec 17, 2007 3:59 PM,  <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:03:50 EST, Dude VanWinkle said:
> > Which is more humane: Locking up someone forever because you cant fix
> > their issue, or putting them to death? I would rather be killed than
> > spend a lifetime in an asylum..,.
>
> It would probably depend on exactly what form of "lock somebody up
> forever" you decide to impose on the person.  There's *plenty* of people
> who spend long periods of time in psychiatric hospitals who'd rather be
> there than be dead (and in fact, many of them are there *because* they
> tried to be dead instead of alive...)
>
> Which would you prefer, house arrest or death penalty?  Does your answer
> change if it's phrased that way rather than "locked up forever"?

Depends on if beer and internet access are provided, take away those
on top of the ability to travel, and you may as well put a bullet in
my head to save me years of boredom.

-JP
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