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Regarding the Y-12 breaches, 'not James Bond-level' is a minor understatement. We're talking about an 82 year-old nun. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Ri

by subway 10y ago

Regarding the Y-12 breaches, 'not James Bond-level' is a minor understatement. We're talking about an 82 year-old nun. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Rice https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Rice

jacquesm 10y ago
Well, at least they jailed her for 2 years for that terrible act of showing authorities to be grossly incompetent. It certainly must have sent a message to the cadres of spy-nuns waiting in the wings to take over. /s I wonder how effective jailing a nun is anyway, a convent is not that far from a jail in many ways (I've had family in one and visited many times, and it felt roughly the same as visiting someone in jail).
- throwaway7645 10y ago
  You can leave a convent. You can't leave a jail. I also don't know too many nuns getting shanked or brewing toilet-merlot in the convent. Also, most go on errands in the city without an armed guard and manacles.
  - jacquesm 10y ago
    > You can leave a convent. Yes, you can. I did not claim you can't. But even though you can there are quite a few cases of institutionalization in convents. And the convent I visited had nuns that had not been out in society in a long time, quite possibly longer than the jail sentence mentioned. > I also don't know too many nuns getting shanked or brewing toilet-merlot in the convent. On the contrary, plenty of convents and abbeys engage in brewing! Trappist beer for one. > Also, most go on errands in the city without an armed guard and manacles. No, but back in the day they tended to be chaperoned. Nuns are a dying breed around here, the history I'm recounting is when I was 6, 46 years ago, but still if someone has made their vows and is reconciled to life as a nun I seriously wonder how effective jail would be, I'm pretty sure they would not be too impressed by it (compared to someone not used to solitude at any level).
    - jpindar 10y ago
      If you equate jail with solitude, I have to wonder what country you're from. In the US, jail is the exact opposite of solitude.
      - throwaway7645 10y ago
        Except for the frequent use of solitary confinement. Adam Ruins Everything has a pretty shocking show on U.S. prisons. A prisoner might spend years in solitary going insane.
    - throwaway7645 10y ago
      Agreed. Trappist ale is phenomenal btw. Chimay blue is heavenly. As someone mentioned below, US jails are crowded, unsanitary, loud, and dangerous. But yea, I see the spirit of your point.
- Mtinie 10y ago
  > cadres of spy-nuns My favorite turn of phrase on the Internet this week. If I ever get around to working on a game I'm going to borrow the idea and give you credit :)
  - jacquesm 10y ago
    http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/490575/Former-spy-Margaret-Spencer-has-died http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/490575/Former-spy-Margaret-... Close, but not quite...
latentpot 10y ago
To be fair, she had experience on her side.

by subway 10y ago

jacquesm 10y ago

Well, at least they jailed her for 2 years for that terrible act of showing authorities to be grossly incompetent. It certainly must have sent a message to the cadres of spy-nuns waiting in the wings to take over. /s I wonder how effective jailing a nun is anyway, a convent is not that far from a jail in many ways (I've had family in one and visited many times, and it felt roughly the same as visiting someone in jail).

throwaway7645 10y ago
You can leave a convent. You can't leave a jail. I also don't know too many nuns getting shanked or brewing toilet-merlot in the convent. Also, most go on errands in the city without an armed guard and manacles.
- jacquesm 10y ago
  > You can leave a convent. Yes, you can. I did not claim you can't. But even though you can there are quite a few cases of institutionalization in convents. And the convent I visited had nuns that had not been out in society in a long time, quite possibly longer than the jail sentence mentioned. > I also don't know too many nuns getting shanked or brewing toilet-merlot in the convent. On the contrary, plenty of convents and abbeys engage in brewing! Trappist beer for one. > Also, most go on errands in the city without an armed guard and manacles. No, but back in the day they tended to be chaperoned. Nuns are a dying breed around here, the history I'm recounting is when I was 6, 46 years ago, but still if someone has made their vows and is reconciled to life as a nun I seriously wonder how effective jail would be, I'm pretty sure they would not be too impressed by it (compared to someone not used to solitude at any level).
  - jpindar 10y ago
    If you equate jail with solitude, I have to wonder what country you're from. In the US, jail is the exact opposite of solitude.
    - throwaway7645 10y ago
      Except for the frequent use of solitary confinement. Adam Ruins Everything has a pretty shocking show on U.S. prisons. A prisoner might spend years in solitary going insane.
  - throwaway7645 10y ago
    Agreed. Trappist ale is phenomenal btw. Chimay blue is heavenly. As someone mentioned below, US jails are crowded, unsanitary, loud, and dangerous. But yea, I see the spirit of your point.
Mtinie 10y ago
> cadres of spy-nuns My favorite turn of phrase on the Internet this week. If I ever get around to working on a game I'm going to borrow the idea and give you credit :)
- jacquesm 10y ago
  http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/490575/Former-spy-Margaret-Spencer-has-died http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/490575/Former-spy-Margaret-... Close, but not quite...

latentpot 10y ago

To be fair, she had experience on her side.