Re: XP OEM - Interesting conversation with MS employee

Leythos wrote:
> In article <eJkJrWTWFHA.1240@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, aka@[notme]
> maskedandanonymous.org says...
> [snip]
>> None of you have a clue regarding mental
>> illness, other than a twisted sense of revenge. Crime and Punishment
>> doesn't work. All it does is foster more criminals and that's why
>> the revengeful USA has so many criminals and prisons.
>
> Wrong, punishment is a deterrent for those on the edge. If we had
> public hangings on the local city court-house lawns, left the bodies
> for 24 hours, there would be a visible sign of punishment for crimes,
> which would deter many criminals. There will always be violent
> criminals that have no concern for their own lives, but there are
> many people that know they can kill someone, get a good attorney,
> serve a little time, and they are out on the street again in under 10
> years - hardly a deterrent.

Public Lynchings! Why not bring back crucifixion?!

>
>> Want to learn how to be a good criminal?
>> Check into any US prison and you will be taught everything from bank
>> robbery to check kiting.
>
> I think you forgot about all the prison systems outside the USA.
> Criminal interaction is possible in all the worlds prisons, which
> means that prisoners will talk to each other, which means any
> prisoner could learn from the experiences of other prisoners - sort
> of makes that comment meaningless.

I think you forget that Alias is outside the US!

>> Not only that, there is a good chance you will go in there
>> a man and come out a woman. The US penal system is one of the most
>> barbaric systems in the world.
>
> Never seen a Mexican, Korean, Chinese, Spanish, Turkish, etc.... penal
> system I expect.

Alias is from Spain.

I suspect you should experience the penal system firsthand!

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