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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
The really annoying thing is that nothing, certainly not this jail time, will make Paris realize that she is not above the rules of ordinary mortals. It will however make her very unhappy. Morally I'm opposed to the idea of punitive justice which I feel is a luxury that we cannot really afford, enjoying the feeling that vengeance has been served while the recidivism rate and trumped up convictions make a mockery of the idea of fairness.
In this case though I might be persuaded to make an exception. Sure it won't make Paris a better person but it will make her wear an orange jumpsuit and possibly make the aquaintence of those who are unimpressed by a career of showing up at parties and more interested in the many fascinating ways bladed weapons can be manufactured from innocuous objects and hidden about ones person.
See, now I'm doing it.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
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