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From: John Hasler on 7 Oct 2009 17:16 Aragorn writes: > Under restraint, in an isolation cell? What harm can they do there? > :-) I wrote: > What could they do there at all except consume resources and suffer? Aragorn writes: > They could become One with the Truth and realize the wrongness of > their commitment to the Dark Side, Paddawan. :-) Much like the 19th century practice of locking criminals (often illiterate ones) in solitary confinement with a Bible. Many went mad. -- John Hasler jhasler(a)newsguy.com Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA
From: Aragorn on 7 Oct 2009 17:36 On Wednesday 07 October 2009 23:16 in comp.os.linux.misc, somebody identifying as John Hasler wrote... > Aragorn writes: >> Under restraint, in an isolation cell? What harm can they do there? >> :-) > > I wrote: >> What could they do there at all except consume resources and suffer? > > Aragorn writes: >> They could become One with the Truth and realize the wrongness of >> their commitment to the Dark Side, Paddawan. :-) > > Much like the 19th century practice of locking criminals (often > illiterate ones) in solitary confinement with a Bible. Many went mad. Hey, humor me; I was trying to lighten up the mood, and I was under the impression that you were too, since you mentioned Sid in one breath with Ted Bundy and Adolf Hitler. (If it weren't for the killfilter, I would probably seem Sid invoking Godwin here. :p) Either way, if you want to be so serious about this, all three people you mention here are/were different characters. Ted Bundy was a homicidal sociopath for which there /could/ have been hope still in the form of treatment, had that been an option in those days. Adolf Hitler was a monster and should not even be called human anymore. Sid on the other hand is just a loser with an attitude to cover up for the fact that he's a zillion times more stupid than he thinks he is. I do believe that *professional* treatment of his psychosis could be beneficial, but of course, the practical problem is that one cannot get him to voluntarily commit himself to a mental hospital. I don't see Sid, even as deranged as he is, being either a serial killer or a genocidal "demon in human form" who mass-murders about six billion people and starts a world war. He's far too busy annoying us here on Usenet to be doing any such things. ;-) -- *Aragorn* (registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
From: Wanna-Be Sys Admin on 7 Oct 2009 17:37 Aragorn wrote: > On Wednesday 07 October 2009 22:27 in comp.os.linux.misc, somebody > identifying as John Hasler wrote... > >> Aragorn writes: >> >>> Under restraint, in an isolation cell? What harm can they do there? >>> :-) >> >> What could they do there at all except consume resources and suffer? > > They could become One with the Truth and realize the wrongness of > their commitment to the Dark Side, Paddawan. :-) > Do you also think you can beat someone smart? He'll never get it, though I suppose he could be beaten to a point where he keeps his mouth (keyboard) shut. That'd do nicely. -- Not really a wanna-be, but I don't know everything.
From: Aragorn on 7 Oct 2009 17:37 On Wednesday 07 October 2009 23:18 in comp.os.linux.misc, somebody identifying as Wanna-Be Sys Admin wrote... > Aragorn wrote: > >> On Wednesday 07 October 2009 20:07 in comp.os.linux.misc, somebody >> identifying as Wanna-Be Sys Admin wrote... >> >>> Aragorn wrote: >>> >>>> I shall not be so cruel as to wish for his death or advise him to >>>> commit suicide, as I believe that the universe is big enough for >>>> there to be a place for each and every thing in existence. >>> >>> Places for him, Hitler, Ted Bundy and so on? I don't think I can >>> agree with your view. >> >> Under restraint, in an isolation cell? What harm can they do there? >> :-) >> > > I would not be against that, but the tax paying citizens that have to > pay for this building, cell, the staff that feed, water and hose it > off, food costs, etc. might. Faced with that decision, it's cheaper > to just get an old discarded seringe and some cheap bulk draino liquid > and inject the guy, and then burn the remains. Or, just save on the > draino and set him on fire until there's nothing left. Okay, that was > a little morbid. Not to mention that you'd be willingly and knowingly polluting the air. ;-) -- *Aragorn* (registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
From: Wanna-Be Sys Admin on 7 Oct 2009 17:45
Aragorn wrote: > On Wednesday 07 October 2009 23:18 in comp.os.linux.misc, somebody > identifying as Wanna-Be Sys Admin wrote... > >> Aragorn wrote: >> >>> On Wednesday 07 October 2009 20:07 in comp.os.linux.misc, somebody >>> identifying as Wanna-Be Sys Admin wrote... >>> >>>> Aragorn wrote: >>>> >>>>> I shall not be so cruel as to wish for his death or advise him to >>>>> commit suicide, as I believe that the universe is big enough for >>>>> there to be a place for each and every thing in existence. >>>> >>>> Places for him, Hitler, Ted Bundy and so on? I don't think I can >>>> agree with your view. >>> >>> Under restraint, in an isolation cell? What harm can they do there? >>> :-) >>> >> >> I would not be against that, but the tax paying citizens that have to >> pay for this building, cell, the staff that feed, water and hose it >> off, food costs, etc. might. Faced with that decision, it's cheaper >> to just get an old discarded seringe and some cheap bulk draino >> liquid and inject the guy, and then burn the remains. Or, just save >> on the >> draino and set him on fire until there's nothing left. Okay, that >> was a little morbid. > > Not to mention that you'd be willingly and knowingly polluting the > air. ;-) > I had consided that, that is some nasty dust I don't want in my lungs, in my food or water, or any food that grew in those ashes. I say we just quarter him and send each part to a corner of the world. -- Not really a wanna-be, but I don't know everything. |