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Windsor Castle is west of London near Heathrow Airport and is over 900 years old. One foreign tourist was heard to say 'Isn't it beautiful, what a shame they built it so close to the airport. We also fought a Civil War in this country. It was to determine whether Parliament or the monarch ruled the country. Parliament won and that is why the Queen has virtually no power.
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Good point. They do have the technology though to prove that hes the one who did it just like we can. Heres a scenario for ya. They had premarital sex. They got caught. Shes screams rape. uh oh. The law there says thats a no-no and he gets his dilly whacked anyway. even if she didnt scream rape he gets it whacked. They take Out of Marital sex very seriously. BIG no.
One thing I thought was unclear on was the fact that there were about a dozen women watching. My wife and I discussed it as we watched and she thought that the other women were also victims. Hard to say but I thought my wife might have been right. Serial rapists occur in more than just America. Also, I think shed have had to do more than just scream rape. Shed have to offer some kind of evidence. That didnt sound right, but I hope you know what I meant. And thank you for the clarification on which castle it was that burned. In US dollars it was $900 million in damages. Its been 10 years and Ive slept since then [img]smile.gif[/img] I still think Im right in saying they passed an extra tax to cover it. If only there were a website I could go to and find out for sure. Cheers [img]smile.gif[/img] [ 05-24-2002, 11:08 AM: Message edited by: Earthdog ]
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The last revolt in the Philipines was a peaceful one, which succeeded. I remember Boris Yeltsin standing on a tank without a gun during the Russian catalyst. When soldiers are faced with their mothers and sisters, unarmed, prepared to die, history has shown they will not fight. When soldiers are faced with their brothers and fathers with guns, history has shown bloody violence results. The most powerful revolt wins not because of might or right, but because of who is left. Who will you rule if you have to kill everyone to keep ruling? The gun is irrelevent. What occured in America against Britain occured with no other British colony. The Indian revolution involved thousands of Indians, unarmed nonviolently marching up to the British who would knock them to the ground with their rifle butts. There were so many Indians, the soldiers would grow tired of hitting them down. Also the American constitution declared th right to bear arms, yet this was in the days before the UZZI, or the semi-automatic. In the days when it took a few minutes to load a bullet. Technology changed, but the law remained still. |
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Let me spell it out for you. Let's pretend that with all the circumstances, this guy has been convicted of a crime he didn't commit. Say he's put to death, or castrated or any other nonreversible punishment. What then? What if that were you? It happens. All Justice systems make mistakes. A wise justice system allows for an miscarriage of justice to be reversed somewhat. With a gaol sentance you cannot give back lost time, but you can give freedom. With chemical castration, you can stop the chemical diet. With mutilation and death, you cannot reverse anything. [ 05-24-2002, 11:14 AM: Message edited by: Yorick ] |
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As for India's revolt, as I recall there was quite a lot of bloodshed..only it was all on the non-violent non-armed side that the deaths were counted no? Oops wait..there were British deaths too..never mind.....the independance of India did not come about without bloodshed and death....it was not some peacful negotiation. (this from history class a long long time ago..so I could have the facts wrong here) And if the gun is irrelevant then leave law abiding gun owners alone. The fact is, passive resistance only works when you have enough people who do not care if they die and you have a government really cares if those people live or die. History has many examples of mass executions of unarmed civilian populaces. [ 05-24-2002, 11:16 AM: Message edited by: MagiK ] |
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