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Pastimes : THE SLIGHTLY MODERATED BOXING RING

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To: Lane3 who wrote (15457)6/25/2002 4:12:38 PM
From: average joe  Read Replies (1) of 21057
 
"I was not force feeding him selenium. I was putting it in milk along with the vitamin D or in salt along with the iodine. If there's evidence that selenium deficiency causes bank robbery, then all our children would need selenium supplements so that they don't grow up to be bank robbers."

We have tried that with fluoride and the science is still out for the long term effects. fluoridation.com

"Excuse me? We can force a criminal to die and we can force a criminal to spend years in a nasty place where he can be assaulted and humiliated but we can't make donation of his body a part of his sentencing agreement lest we offend his basic human dignity?"

Yes. I suppose a healthy young male or female could have their time reduced for donating body parts or being subjected to tests. The whole thing is just too MENGELE for me to agree with being imposed on people.

"Weren't you the guy who though that the way we execute people was coddling them?"

Personally I think the Romans did a far better job of executing people than Americans. There was not years of endless lawyers and courts. Once the administrator declared your guilt you were carted away. The agony for everyone was limited.
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