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[DaveXA]

Yeah, I’d suspect mutilating someone by chopping their nuts off would probably be considered “cruel and unusual punishment,” even if they deserved it.

Well, they did call it surgery, so, a vasectomy. I mean, I've had one and wasn't that bad. Sore for a day or 2 and back to normal pretty much.

 

[Bill]

I am assuming there are probably better ways than chopping..

Are you suggesting going with Nat King Cole's idea?

 

[Brennan77]

Well, they did call it surgery, so, a vasectomy. I mean, I've had one and wasn't that bad. Sore for a day or 2 and back to normal pretty much.

It's still mutilation. And no, you didn't go back to normal.

 

[SaintInBucLand]

 

[DaveXA]

It's still mutilation. And no, you didn't go back to normal.

Sure, it's actually an improvement. Peace of mind and don't need to wear a condom. After our 4th, we were done, lol.

 

[St. Widge]

Well, they did call it surgery, so, a vasectomy. I mean, I've had one and wasn't that bad. Sore for a day or 2 and back to normal pretty much.

I don't know the details (and I'm not sure I want to), but I would assume they have to be doing more than a vasectomy. Otherwise, what's really the point?

I would think they would be looking to do the surgical version of chemical castration. So, I would think we are actually talking actual physical castration. Which, while I think child molesters deserve it, likely would be considered both cruel and unusual punishment under the U.S. Constitution. At a minimum, it's unusual.

 

[Sailorsaint]

I don't know the details (and I'm not sure I want to), but I would assume they have to be doing more than a vasectomy. Otherwise, what's really the point?

I would think they would be looking to do the surgical version of chemical castration. So, I would think we are actually talking actual physical castration. Which, while I think child molesters deserve it, likely would be considered both cruel and unusual punishment under the U.S. Constitution. At a minimum, it's unusual.

I say turn them into eunuchs.

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

I find it fascinating that there are so many Americans are willing to disregard the Bill of Rights and in the same breath decry Sharia Law and the Taliban.

 

[DaveXA]

I say turn them into eunuchs.

 

[DaveXA]

I find it fascinating that there are so many Americans are willing to disregard the Bill of Rights and in the same breath decry Sharia Law and the Taliban.

I mean, I get the sentiment. But we're talking child molesters, not shoplifting.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I mean, I get the sentiment. But we're talking child molesters, not shoplifting.

It’s not a bad question though
It’s like the ‘we don’t make treaties with our friends’ line
We don’t need to protect the speech we agree with
We don’t need laws guaranteeing angels equal access to defense
- it’s specifically in the worst case scenarios where we find what our true ethical nature is

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

I mean, I get the sentiment. But we're talking child molesters, not shoplifting.

Agreed, but this is where the phrase "A slippery slope" is actually applicable. We, as a nation, are very quick to advocate cruel and unusual punishments for many criminal acts. Now, LA government have taken numerous steps in the past year to circumvent the Bill of Rights under the guise of being "tough on crime" with very limited push back from the public.

 

[DaveXA]

It’s not a bad question though
It’s like the ‘we don’t make treaties with our friends’ line
We don’t need to protect the speech we agree with
We don’t need laws guaranteeing angels equal access to defense
- it’s specifically in the worst case scenarios where we find what our true ethical nature is

True enough.

 

[DaveXA]

Agreed, but this is where the phrase "A slippery slope" is actually applicable. We, as a nation, are very quick to advocate cruel and unusual punishments for many criminal acts. Now, LA government have taken numerous steps in the past year to circumvent the Bill of Rights under the guise of being "tough on crime" with very limited push back from the public.

Yeah, I mean, who's gonna push back for child molesters? Of course that's not the real question, but people frame things how they want to more often than not.

 

[St. Widge]

I find it fascinating that there are so many Americans are willing to disregard the Bill of Rights and in the same breath decry Sharia Law and the Taliban.

Many only decry Sharia Law because it is based on Islam not Christianity.