Caroline Ann Seawright[SMTP:kunoichi@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au] wrote:

The US Constitution doesn't work over here... :p

The American constitution works EVERYWHERE...  scary.  But we Canadians just play along with them...  until they cut off our cigar supply or steal our hockey teams!!

But if the law says they can or can't isn't the point. We are talking about
what they *deserve* not what actually happens.

Actually, whether the law says this or that IS the point...  Laws are generally moderate; they come about because of a disagreement over something.  Law is based on a collection of what people think a criminal deserves, so there will always be some disagreement from extremists (like yourself, and myself).  As much as you'd like to apply the *groan* garlic press, it just won't happen.  The majority has already stated the punishment, and unless we can change a lot of minds, the criminal WON'T get what he deserves.

Though I think the garlic press is going just a little too far.

I also think this is a good thread to keep on the ML... no, it doesn't have anything to do with anime fanfiction, but it might give writers a lot of good ideas.  And we all might learn something.
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