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WTF News stories
« on: July 20, 2012, 07:32:36 AM »
I figured this didn't fit in any of the existing threads, and why not make one for crazy news stories that don't really fit in Off Topic Fun?

Gunman kills 14 and wounds 50 at a early Friday showing of the new Batman movie
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« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2012, 02:17:50 PM »
I hope that pig-fucker gets tortured to death.
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« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2012, 02:20:05 AM »
I figured this didn't fit in any of the existing threads, and why not make one for crazy news stories that don't really fit in Off Topic Fun?

Gunman kills 14 and wounds 50 at a early Friday showing of the new Batman movie

The odds of him getting off with the insanity plea are so minuscule at this point that people would revolt if he gets anything less than a life sentence.
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« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2012, 02:34:52 AM »
I figured this didn't fit in any of the existing threads, and why not make one for crazy news stories that don't really fit in Off Topic Fun?

Gunman kills 14 and wounds 50 at a early Friday showing of the new Batman movie

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« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2012, 03:10:58 PM »
I figured this didn't fit in any of the existing threads, and why not make one for crazy news stories that don't really fit in Off Topic Fun?

Gunman kills 14 and wounds 50 at a early Friday showing of the new Batman movie

The odds of him getting off with the insanity plea are so minuscule at this point that people would revolt if he gets anything less than a life sentence.

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« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2012, 09:20:46 PM »
Sure would be nice with a justice system based on what works to reduce crime, rather than what feels "right".
Good thing that's actually the case in my country.

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« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2012, 09:28:02 PM »
Sure would be nice with a justice system based on what works to reduce crime, rather than what feels "right".
Good thing that's actually the case in my country.
What solution is that?

The death penalty doesn't reduce crime, according to several studies.
Incarceration doesn't reduce crime, and often winds up creating criminals better trained in crime via exposure to more experienced criminals.
I've not seen any positive studies on rehabilitation rates for violent criminals, so I'm not inclined to believe that a rehabilitation program is super-effective, either.
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Re: WTF News stories
« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2012, 09:37:55 PM »
how bout "If the murder/rape/arson/kidnapping/assault rate in your state exceeds 20 people per million we nuke that fucker till it glows."

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« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2012, 09:51:05 PM »
The death penalty doesn't reduce crime, according to several studies.
Incarceration doesn't reduce crime, and often winds up creating criminals better trained in crime via exposure to more experienced criminals.
I've not seen any positive studies on rehabilitation rates for violent criminals, so I'm not inclined to believe that a rehabilitation program is super-effective, either.
Rehabilitation and decent facilities. Norway is better off than Denmark on the statistics, but either is much better off than the USA.
Also, our jails aren't privately run, so they don't lobby for stuff that makes it so that more people get thrown in jail.
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Re: WTF News stories
« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2012, 10:07:00 PM »
Sure would be nice with a justice system based on what works to reduce crime, rather than what feels "right".
Good thing that's actually the case in my country.
What solution is that?

The death penalty doesn't reduce crime, according to several studies.
Incarceration doesn't reduce crime, and often winds up creating criminals better trained in crime via exposure to more experienced criminals.
I've not seen any positive studies on rehabilitation rates for violent criminals, so I'm not inclined to believe that a rehabilitation program is super-effective, either.
Reactive measures like incarceration and execution just takes extant criminals out of circulation, but improvements in the environment(clean streets, good illumination), birth control, education, healthcare, employment rates and minimum wage are known to be good for preventing 'routine' violent crimes, mainly by wiping out motive and moving violent crime away from the norm. Moderate to high standards of living with small income gaps help as well.

Won't do much for this type of massacre though, theres limited prevention available since these are caused by individuals snapping under whatever reasons. About the best you can do is limit the number of people they can kill before the law catches up to them(limiting the firepower available to civilians, increasing surveillance, etc). Around here, the biggest weapons easily available are handguns(police, militia equivalents and contraband) , shotguns and bush whacking knives. Not very conducive to large massacres(mostly, the offenders would wound/kill a couple of people before everyone else is out of range), and much easier to stop by the authorities. Upping surveillance would increase the response time, giving the guy who's suspiciously heavily armed and armored a good questioning. Neither option seems popular to americans though.

Of course, generally these massacres are also not usually repeat offenders. Career criminals do not make a habit of killing sprees, its a fast track to getting bumped up in priority, getting arrested and executed. Rehabilitation is less useful than say...improved mental healthcare.
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Everything is edible. Just that there are things only edible once per lifetime.
It's a god-eat-god world.

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And to the mercies of a moment leaves; The vast concerns of an eternal scene.

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Re: WTF News stories
« Reply #15 on: July 31, 2012, 12:26:59 AM »
http://www.geekologie.com/2012/07/war-machine-company-selling-14m-personal.php

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« Reply #16 on: July 31, 2012, 11:18:06 AM »
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« Reply #17 on: July 31, 2012, 11:21:50 AM »
Oh God...

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Re: WTF News stories
« Reply #18 on: July 31, 2012, 12:02:18 PM »
They released the victims list for colorado shooting... the dude killed a 6-year old girl. 
Really? 
it takes a special kind of evil to do that... he SHOULD be locked up in isolation for the rest of his life preferrably while being tortured in whichever way the victims families choose daily. 

The death penalty's giving him the easy way out.


 

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« Reply #19 on: July 31, 2012, 12:38:07 PM »
They released the victims list for colorado shooting... the dude killed a 6-year old girl. 
Really? 
it takes a special kind of evil to do that... he SHOULD be locked up in isolation for the rest of his life preferrably while being tortured in whichever way the victims families choose daily. 

The death penalty's giving him the easy way out.

Eh, it kinda depends on one's beliefs.  The death penalty is a ticket to Hell and eternal suffering after all.

Admittedly it would be far more interesting to have him constantly bombarded by the mech's BB guns while the operator smiles.  Call it therapy.