There's no reason why we can't introduce a greater element of work in our prisons to ensure prisoners pay for their upkeep. And it probably results in those released having greater skills a… (View Post)

In the US, it's cheaper to keep people in jail forever than to put them on death row, because on death row there are near endless appeals. (View Post)

There's a fundamental difference between action to kill someone, and inaction killing someone. Hence the trolley problem. In any case, support for the death penalty varies. When crime is seen as… (View Post)

While it's all getting bad tempered on here, I'm going to tell you a remarkable fact: The UK Air Force that has an F-18 that has been ejected from on two separate occasions, and which is st… (View Post)

Post hoc, Ergo propter hoc. (View Post)