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Very odd that supposedly advanced Denmark would impose barbaric solitary confinement. How we as a species still get away with this tactic is beyond me.
by cylinder 13y ago
Very odd that supposedly advanced Denmark would impose barbaric solitary confinement. How we as a species still get away with this tactic is beyond me.
- tedunangst 13y agoDefinitions of advanced and barbaric vary wildly.
- mjn 13y agoIn particular, what Denmark considers really barbaric are long sentences: 10, 20, 30+ years are quite unusual. Most sentences are less than 2 years, with a handful of severe sentences in the high single-digit range.
- Amygaz 13y agoThe list of things that are beyond me, and probably many member on this board can be quite long. A radical example is: who decided that planet Earth belonged to a bunch of corrupted politicians and executives and not the rest of us, preventing people to roam freely, and to freely decide where they can live, work, raise their family...
- macspoofing 13y ago200,000 years of history
- sounds 13y agoTo argue against the line "it's only natural that the corrupt seize power" look no further than the various cases where decency and enlightenment prevailed. Never give in — never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.