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An alternative to capital punishment: exile. Fence off a large part of the American southwest. Surround it with guard towers and automatic motion-activated mac
by GarrisonPrime 10y ago
An alternative to capital punishment: exile.
Fence off a large part of the American southwest. Surround it with guard towers and automatic motion-activated machine guns to destroy anything that comes within 100 ft of the fence. Then drop the exiles off with a backpack of basic equipment and wish them well.
- DougWebb 10y agoI think I saw that movie a few times. Never seems to work out well.
- PhasmaFelis 10y agoThat's not "exile." That's just prison, only even more sadistic and poorly run.
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- okwhatthe2 10y ago> only even more sadistic Remember Florence ADX.
- GarrisonPrime 10y agoIt's not sadistic; it's neutral. Nature is the only guard. It's not poorly run; it's not run at all. This is nearly the very definition of exile, so I'm not sure where your confusion comes from. Perhaps you feel throwing them into a desert is inhumane? Fine, then fence off part of a jungle or plains with a river or something else more comfortable. Build some basic infrastructure if necessary.
- blowski 10y agoI assume this is a reference to "Esacpe from LA".
- AndrewDucker 10y agoOr the Heinlein short story "Coventry": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_(short_story) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_(short_story)
- douche 10y agoOr, since we've already brought Dune into the picture up-thread, Salusa Secondus.
- GarrisonPrime 10y agoNo, it is a modest proposal.