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    How Your Brain Will Betray You in a Court of Law

    Birth Control Used to Be Utterly Terrifying

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    Image of Jacubious Jacubious
    11/25/09

    In reply to How Your Brain Will Betray You in a Court of Law
    I was pretty disturbed by this article as I usually am when I read things about people getting death sentences. I must say though, the comments really showed it up. I can't believe how lightly some people are suggesting offing human beings. I do not want to get into a debate over this, but to simply express my incredulity with regards to some of the attitudes here.
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    Image of EpiphyteCorp. EpiphyteCorp.
    11/25/09

    @Jacubious: I know you're not looking for a debate but... you read the article right? The dude plead guilty (repeat... PLEAD GUILTY) to kidnapping, raping and killing a 10-y-o girl. He was already serving 2 life sentences for 2 other murders. I wouldn't necessarily consider this an act of nonchalantly "offing human beings".
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    Image of Jacubious Jacubious
    11/25/09

    @EpiphyteCorp.: What particularly got me was people saying that those who are considered psychopaths, based on scans indicating malfunctioning brains, should be killed as they cannot be fixed anyways. The implications of statements to those ends are frightening in many ways.
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    11/24/09

    In reply to How Your Brain Will Betray You in a Court of Law
    Wooo! Death penalty!
    This article had a happy ending.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/24/09

    @Duckspwn:

    *does a tap dance*
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    11/24/09

    In reply to How Your Brain Will Betray You in a Court of Law
    Strikes me as a darned good reason to kill him, since apparently his brain architecture will prevent rehabilitation. One would think that defense counsel would be a bit leery of this avenue, as it seems fraught with danger for defendants.
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    Image of Covertghost Covertghost
    11/24/09

    @Canoehead: Wait... using the penal institutions to rehabilitate?

    Madness.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/24/09

    In reply to How Your Brain Will Betray You in a Court of Law
    Pop a xanax.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of EpiphyteCorp. EpiphyteCorp.
    11/25/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: COMMON side effects persist or become bothersome when using Xanax:

    Changes in appetite; changes in sexual desire; constipation; dizziness; drowsiness; dry mouth; increased saliva production; lightheadedness; tiredness; trouble concentrating; unsteadiness; weight changes.

    No rape/ murder here.

    I approve ;)
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/24/09

    In reply to How Your Brain Will Betray You in a Court of Law
    I don't think anyone should be subject to the death penalty ever, but I also think that people who suffer from psychosis or who are pscyho/sociopaths should not be lumped in with the general prison populace. Let's rehabilitate the healthy and treat the mentally unsound.

    Now excuse me as I hop off of my liberal sociologist soapbox.
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    Image of SJRNWT SJRNWT
    11/24/09

    @Nathan Obbards: I believe the death sentence can be justified. I don't believe it's right for our tax dollars to be spent on keeping some sick son of a bitch pedophilic rapist in jail getting free food and a place to stay for the rest of his life. They're not doing anything for society, they're simply wasting money.

    But I live in Canada, where we don't do the death penalty. I don't hate my government for it, but I sure wish it would change one day. Or at least exile people haha
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment SJRNWT was starred SJRNWT was unstarred
    Image of tomsomething tomsomething
    11/24/09

    @Nathan Obbards: John Allen Muhammad, infamous "Beltway Sniper" and would-be terrorist network mastermind, was put to death recently.

    He demonstrated an ability to identify impressionable youths and develop them into serial killers. An innocent pen-pal relationship or a friendship with a soon-to-be-released convict is an opening to further extend his reach, even from behind bars.

    I feel that his death was absolutely right, not as punishment for a series of horrifying and unforgivable acts, but as a necessary means to snuff out the influence of a dangerous man.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/24/09

    @SJRNWT: I just believe in a reform system, not a retributive system. Most prisons in the US just teach criminals how to become worse criminals, they don't give them the skill sets to go on to lead decent lives and to get a real job. As for the tax dollars bit, there is no consensus on whether the execution is actually cheaper. Some have analyzed it and found the death penalty to be more expensive than life imprisonment while others have found it to be cheaper. I just take a moral stand that killing someone is very rarely right. There is no added utility in killing someone who is sentenced to life in prison and sometimes they even produce something worthwhile. Not only that, but if new evidence comes to life that absolves them, we won't have killed an innocent person, something that has happened too often in Texas.

    As for exiling people, I mean, isn't that how the great nation of Australia started? It literally is a nation of pirates, murderers, rapists, and thieves.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/24/09

    @tomsomething: You could just screen/block all of his letters. Also, people who are in prison for life without parole are generally kept separate from the rest of the prison population.
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    Image of G.O.D. G.O.D.
    11/24/09

    @Nathan Obbards: I have an Idea how about dispose of, kill, or use for medical testing, all the criminals and psycho/sociopaths. Then spend the money we would have wasted trying to rehabilitate or treat them on people that are already productive members of society by rewarding them for doing a great job with education and training to better themselves, their lives and everything around them. If you reward bad behavior you will get behavior.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/24/09

    @G.O.D.: I wanted to go Godwin on you, but refrained. Instead I shall leave you with this: [en.wikipedia.org] as well as the fact that rehabilitative/restorative justice tends to create better results than retributive justice.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/24/09

    @Nathan Obbards: When you rape and murder a ten year old little girl, taking your life is not cruel or unusual. You want cruel? Hand him over to me.

    With that, I've been in trouble for politically debating on here, so I will take the rest of my opinions and run.

    That flash of light? That was me, I be runnin.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/24/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Haha, yeah, I had to say it, but knew I was opening a can when I said it. It boils down to personal ethics. My ethical stance is that it's immoral, but others have good arguments for the justice of it.
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    Image of chapoec chapoec
    11/25/09

    @Nathan Obbards: Come on you don't believe that bastard sniper deserved to be put to death. Stop being such a bleeding hearth liberal. If it was your mother, father, sibling, or friend that was killed by this bitch you would think differently. The death penalty should be used for the most heinous murderers like the DC Sniper.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/25/09

    @chapoec: If it was my mother, sister, father, or friend, I would feel the same way that he should be shown grace and not killed. Be it from a philosophical utilitarian perspective or a religious perspective, I could not justify killing someone for the evil they have committed.

    Additionally, I am not stupid. Grad schools, especially mine, don't allow dumbasses in. Nice ad hominem attack. In context, my statement makes perfect sense. Some forms of execution do fall under cruel and unusual, hence why there was a hiatus on all execution via lethal injection and why the gas chamber is no longer used. Beyond that, I was pointing out how medical testing would most definitely fall under cruel and unusual.

    I don't believe anyone is entitled to the death penalty, but that is my moral paradigm built upon the moral philosophies I adhere to. You are entitled to my beliefs and I mine. Do I believe yours are wrong? Yes, but I'm not going to be an ass about it.
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    Image of MrBangBam MrBangBam
    11/25/09

    @Nathan Obbards: I believe in the death penalty. :)
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    Image of chapoec chapoec
    11/25/09

    @Nathan Obbards: Yes you are right in a debate it is a weak fallacy to attack the opponent instead of the issue. But hey this is gizmodo not academia.

    #tips
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/25/09

    @chapoec: One should always argue intelligently lest the unintelligent/fallacious forms of arguing seep into those arenas where intelligent argument is necessary.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/24/09

    In reply to How Your Brain Will Betray You in a Court of Law
    And what's to distinguish guilt of a murder from guilt from infidelity.
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Birth Control Used to Be Utterly Terrifying
    In the black-and-white illustration, why are there two men and no women?
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/29/09

    @josephers: you're so cool: She's not bad, she's just drawn that way. #contraception
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/29/09

    In reply to Birth Control Used to Be Utterly Terrifying
    now IUDs are dangerous for men only. i've had my dick sort of paper-cut on the dangly string thing. if you bump the cervix already, it gets worse with an IUD IMO. #dickpain
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/29/09

    @nutbastard: DUDE!!!! TMI, man, TMI....

    Damn, I just cringed reading that.. #contraception
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    Image of frankfurter frankfurter
    10/29/09

    @nutbastard: of course you did. Or was it a 14-hour World of Warcraft marathon? Can't remember. #contraception
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    10/29/09


    @nutbastard: AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHHHH #contraception
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    Image of PSUSkier PSUSkier
    10/29/09

    @nutbastard: Ugh... I know what you mean. Depending on the position it's a lot like a jousting match. Except you NEVER win. #contraception
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    Image of Ron-E-Bear Ron-E-Bear
    10/29/09

    In reply to Birth Control Used to Be Utterly Terrifying
    Here`s a 100% fail safe method. Ladies, don`t let guys ejaculate into your vagina. Simple. #contraception
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/29/09

    @Ron-E-Bear:

    shhh! shut up! what are you doing!? that's the best part! #contraception
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    Image of Twinder Twinder
    10/29/09

    @Ron-E-Bear: Wait...since when do women have a say in what happens and where? #contraception
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    Image of Nintenboy01 Nintenboy01
    10/29/09

    @Ron-E-Bear: Even pre-cum can contain sperm you know. Heck even a drop of semen landing on the external labia can cause pregnancy. #contraception
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    Image of jamjen jamjen
    10/29/09

    @Nintenboy01: Statistics show that pulling out is as effective as condom use (no seriously). The evolutionary theory of why 'pre-ejaculate' happens, is that the female's body actively kills sperm, this gives the mother load a bit of 'cover' when racing to inseminate. Normally pulling out doesn't work when the guy looses his load, then lies about it ;) #contraception
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    nutbastard promoted this comment jamjen was starred jamjen was unstarred
    Image of TJ TJ
    10/29/09

    In reply to Birth Control Used to Be Utterly Terrifying
    Hey now, just remember...one woman's pain is another woman's pleasure.

    I therefore invoke rule 34 and consider the issue closed. #contraception
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    bagellord promoted this comment TJ was starred TJ was unstarred
    Image of bagellord bagellord
    10/29/09

    @TJ: Interesting sidenote, rule 34 proves that the Universe can never end and that entropy will never completely occur. This is because rule 34 states there is something for everyone, thus implying infinite porn. The universe is not completely filled with porn, so it all must exist at different times through an infinite timeline. #contraception
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    10/29/09

    @bagellord:
    Something for everyone != infinite porn

    ~7 billion people on earth, means we need at most 7 billion different pornographic situations. #contraception
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    bagellord promoted this comment psychiccheese was starred psychiccheese was unstarred
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    10/29/09

    @psychiccheese: You're not account aliens and what will happen when we meet them #contraception
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    10/29/09

    @bagellord: My example can be expanded for any finite number of beings. 10 billion more aliens need porn? then we need 10 billion more porns. still a finite number. #contraception
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    10/29/09

    @psychiccheese: Forget your precious logic. Let the rules of the Internet dictate the laws of physics! Except 4chan. #contraception
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    Image of Gordon McAlpin Gordon McAlpin
    10/29/09

    In reply to Birth Control Used to Be Utterly Terrifying
    The best birth control is oral sex. #contraception
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    Image of Firebrand Firebrand
    10/29/09

    @Gordon McAlpin: wrong. #contraception
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/29/09

    @Firebrand:

    looks like *someone* prefers anal. #contraception
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    10/29/09

    @Firebrand: Butt sex then? #contraception
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    Image of Firebrand Firebrand
    10/29/09

    @nutbastard: #contraception
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    10/29/09


    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: #contraception
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    Image of Gann Gann
    10/29/09

    In reply to Birth Control Used to Be Utterly Terrifying
    Don't forget the most damaging form of birth control ever - abstinence via the threat of damnation. #contraception
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    10/29/09

    In reply to Birth Control Used to Be Utterly Terrifying
    When is Frucci going to do a hands on demonstration video of these products ala the fleshlight furniture? #contraception
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    10/29/09

    In reply to Birth Control Used to Be Utterly Terrifying
    Back in Medieval times, they'd use animal organs as condoms, too. Just imagine how many diseases were contracted in the name of not having a kid? Blech. #contraception
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    nutbastard promoted this comment Gordonium was starred Gordonium was unstarred
    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/29/09

    @Gordonium:

    ah yes, the days when a sort of twisted vicarious bestiality was the norm. #contraception
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    10/29/09

    @nutbastard: You forgot the [/nostalgia]. S'alright, I got your back ;) #contraception
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/29/09

    In reply to Birth Control Used to Be Utterly Terrifying
    Modern methods arent much better if you dont know how to use them. My cousin is a doctor in a rural area and a young woman came to him for the pill and then came back in 3 months, pregnant. He asked her, "Did you not use the pills I gave you? To that she reponded, "Yeah I inserted one in my vagina every day...I dont know why they didint work..." #contraception
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    Image of stevegiblin stevegiblin
    10/29/09

    @Curves: I'd hate to think where she puts her tampons.

    Epic dry mouth. #contraception
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    nutbastard promoted this comment stevegiblin was starred stevegiblin was unstarred
    Image of debbyherbenick debbyherbenick
    10/29/09

    @Curves: So true... having worked in clinics, it's amazing to hear all the different ideas that women and men have about how to use birth control. People hardly ever read instruction manuals for gadgets/computers let alone for pills. #contraception
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/29/09

    @Curves:

    d'oh, i've been crushing em up and sniffing them. they burn really bad til you get to the placebo ones. #contraception
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    10/29/09

    @Curves: It's obvious that young woman was either blonde or had her brains f-ed out... #contraception
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    Image of anastasia beaverhousen anastasia beaverhousen
    10/29/09

    @Curves: actually, that's a perfectly legitimate way of taking the pill. Provided she was actually inserting the pill correctly... #contraception
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/29/09

    @anastasia beaverhousen: She was slipping them in the wrong set of lips. #contraception
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    10/29/09

    @Curves: At least she didn't ask how many teaspoons of spermicidal jelly she was supposed to take a day... Did she? #contraception
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