Recent content by KeithWriter

I don't have PMS - I'm a man, even if I seem cranky. Oh - you mean PMs. Not really into that, thanks. Besides, the whole world could benefit from your solution if it's viable.

And what if I told you that it's possible to cure them cheaply and easily? Make them honest, productive members of society? Even the most vile, despicable person. We must understand why people do the things they do. Then we must help fix them and not ignore them. Then if you know how to do...

<You seem to think that some people are beyond redemption, beyond help. That is not the case.> Then you haven't met some of the people I've met. I've been in contact with many ex-cons, junkies, sundry criminals, more than one of whom has killed another human. I'm talking daily contact, for...

Seems like crime is a LOT lower in "cruel" countries where punishment seems (to us) severe or even inhumane. Maybe that's because criminals are actually AFRAID of being punished. What a concept.

<We are basically good. Our minds are incapable of error. When the behavior of some (i.e. criminals) doesn't follow logic, then there is something else impinging itself on their minds. This is what we must erradicate, not the person. Simple as that. > Oh yeah, THAT bears up real well...

Elledan- Have you ever been the victim of a serious crime? Ever been beaten and robbed? Or assaulted even more brutally? Ever lost a loved one to a crime? I wonder if your initial response would be "Curious. I must endeavor to learn more about why this happened, to really understand this...

Why is it inherently true that imprisonment is just and execution is unjust? Execution is certainly FAR more severe than imprisonment, but I'm talking about applying it where the crimes themselves are far more severe. Are you actually a person who does not believe in the existence of people...

<< You drown your own kids, we kill you. >> <Ignorant of the reason why the person decided to drown his/her own children.> EXCUSE ME?!? There's a good and justifiable reason to drown your own children?!?! But NOT a good reason to kill the person who does it? Again - bring it close to home...

You seem to be operating with the hypothesis that "justice" and "vengeance" are always exclusive of each other. Try substituting the word "punishment" for "vengeance" and see if your logic still works. IMO, sometimes justice EQUALS punishment. And punishment should equal the crime. You drive...

So there's a good reason to keep that woman who drowned all her kids alive? Is she bringing anything good to this planet? Sorry. I think the world will be a better place with her dead. If somebody killed somebody you actually CARED about, not just some interesting web link that you skim, would...

Strangest thing I've ever seen. I hunted around the Web for info about it today. Supposedly it's fiction, shot in the "film verite" style. I wonder. It was SO realistic, and that guy was SO convincing as a psuedo-philosophical gen-X idiot. Hmmmmm.....

Has anybody seen this?!? TRULY bizarre short film It was on HBO last night. It's about this slacker tattoo nut who decides the ultimate body scarring "art" would be an actual bullet wound. He finds a tattoo "artist" who complies with his wishes and shoots him. It's supposed to be fiction...

On the graphic at the bottom, lighten the background color and then make it transparent if you know how. It would look a lot slicker. If you have a tool like Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop it's a quick fix. The page is dangerously wide still, but looks pretty nice!

turn your speakers on and go here perfect for boredom

The image of the Al Queda guys popping out of caves reminds me of that game at arcades where you wait for gophers to stick their head up, then hit them with a mallet. Whack-a-mole, I think it's called..... Good for them. Anybody who thinks this is cruel needs to watch the video of the WTC...