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Is it a felony?
Anyone think that this guy will get charged with kidnapping and/or mayhem? (link) If not, do you think it is because he didn’t remove a literal person from the room (or a little piece of a person)? Or perhaps you think that the crimes of kidnap and mayhem are only crimes with respect to the…
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Another Bad Idea from Texas
Texas authorities have kidnapped (using mechanisms that purport to be legal) 52 girls of all ages (up to 17, naturally) from a fundamentalist Mormon (LDS) compound, which appears to be the entire female population under 18 in that place. This seems to be a remarkably bad idea, done with good intentions. There are few things…
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Gambling Habit
A supposedly “prominent” nun who goes by the title and name “Sr. Barbara Markey” has given new jocular (for an outsider) meaning to the term “gambling habit.” One can almost imagine a casino with Ms. Markey glumly cranking away at a slot machine in full black-and-white nun regalia, and perhaps an oversized cross around her…
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Thoughts on Abortion
By abortion I mean intentional unjustified termination of the life of an unborn child. Abortion is wrong. It is a sin, and a violation of the 6th commandment. It is a particularly heinous sin when committed by a child’s father or mother. It ought to be crime, and governments who refuse to treat it as…