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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: The Philosopher who wrote (74045)9/5/2003 5:20:31 PM
From: Neocon  Respond to of 82486
 
I am merely comparing the typical coercive value of each type of threat, and judging the trauma involved accordingly. People lose their jobs because their bosses are assholes all the time, but we do not attach criminal penalties to it, and only rarely civil penalties. But a beating is always taken seriously as a serious crime.......