Baronvonrort wrote on Jan 29^th, 2012 at 10:50am:



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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/11/kids-for-cash-judge-pennsylvania

Next time, ask me properly or I'll ignore you and leave you to find your own information.

Baronvonrort wrote on Jan 29^th, 2012 at 10:50am:

Despite Red Flags About Judges, a Kickback Scheme Flourished

Things were different in the Luzerne County juvenile courtroom, and everyone knew it. Proceedings on average took less than two minutes. Detention center workers were told in advance how many juveniles to expect at the end of each day — even before hearings to determine their innocence or guilt. Lawyers told families not to bother hiring them. They would not be allowed to speak anyway...

...Last month, the law caught up with Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr., 58, who ran that juvenile court for 12 years, and Judge Michael T. Conahan, 56, a colleague on the county’s Court of Common Pleas.

In what authorities are calling the biggest legal scandal in state history, the two judges pleaded guilty to tax evasion and wire fraud in a scheme that involved sending thousands of juveniles to two private detention centers in exchange for $2.6 million in kickbacks.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/28/us/28judges.html?_r=1

Lock 'Em Up

Jailing kids is a proud American tradition.

...What has drawn the media's attention, though, is the remarkable strictness of the judges' judging. Mr. Conahan's alleged partner in the scheme, Judge Mark Ciavarella Jr., reportedly sent kids to the private detention centers when probation officers didn't think it was a good idea; he sent kids there when their crimes were nonviolent; he sent kids there when their crimes were insignificant. It was as though he was determined to keep those private prisons filled with children at all times. According to news stories, offenses as small as swiping a jar of nutmeg or throwing a piece of steak at an adult were enough to merit a trip to the hoosegow.

Over the years Mr. Ciavarella racked up a truly awesome score: He sent kids to detention instead of other options at twice the state average, according to the New York Times. He tried a prodigious number of cases in which the accused child had no lawyer -- here, says the Times, the judge's numbers were fully 10 times the state average. And he did it fast, sometimes rendering a verdict "in the neighborhood of a minute-and-a-half to three minutes," according to the judge tasked with reconsidering Mr. Ciavarella's work...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123854010220075533.html

Baronvonrort wrote on Jan 29^th, 2012 at 3:04pm:
No moron. That is not what I am saying.

In Islam, any sex outside of marriage is a major sin...Islamic law orders a mandatory sentence of a flogging or death depending on the marital status of the culprit.

What I am saying is that Dubai culture looks at drinking differently to Australian culture. Drinking is considered a sin. If someone gets so drunk that they end up getting raped by strangers, the authorities feel that the deterrent to public intoxication needs to be made.

Baronvonrort wrote on Jan 29^th, 2012 at 3:04pm:


The sheikh does not say "it is OK to rape your wife". He is saying that a good woman does not reject her husbands sexual needs. This is common sense, and helps to maintain the marital relationship.

If you look carefully the second half of the video, the sheikh is talking about Western laws encourages women to reject their husbands sexual needs - which is stupid because it harms the marital relationship, and could lead to the husband seeeking extra-marital affairs.

Baronvonrort wrote on Jan 29^th, 2012 at 3:04pm:


Yes the BBC keeps saying that she was 13 despite the Shabab Government and civilian witnesses saying she was actually 23:

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I'd be willing to bet that his victims got a life sentence. He should too (at the very least).

falah wrote on Jan 30^th, 2012 at 5:26pm:



Outdated, barbaric acts of state-sanctioned killing have absolutely nothing to do with democracy.

falah wrote on Jan 31^st, 2012 at 8:42pm:



A lot of countries are full of crazy people.

Like the US.

Capital punishment is an outdated, barbaric act.
There's no place in a civilised society for state-sanctioned killing.

often, I have heard the phrase America has lost its moral compass. However, an overwhelming majority think that adultery is wrong:

US attitude on adultery:

...virtually no one advocates adultery.

In fact, a majority of those surveyed in national polls continue to voice strong disapproval.

A 1989 survey from the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University showed 87 percent of 3,000 respondents describing extramarital sex as ``always wrong`` or ``almost always wrong.`'...

Divorce attorney Mitchelson says that in 34 years of practice he has seen adultery lose its stigma. ``I think it is a reflection of a society that has a lot fewer moral dictates than we used to have,`` he says. ``We treat marriage as something you can go in and out of.``

``There`s been a real change in the climate,`` says Weiner, co-author of a book about adultery called Stale-Mate. ``There`s no longer such a sense of being judged by the outside world. There`s a sense that you`re entitled to a good life, that you only go around once, that life is hard and that you should grab all the pleasure you can get.``

Therapists like Weiner point to their clients as a gauge of changing attitudes. When she began her practice 26 years ago, Weiner says, her patients would see her for months before discussing an affair. ``Now they come in, sit down, and tell me in the first session that they`re seeing someone. I have never seen so many people talk about affairs as they are now.``

Weiner offers the example of a friend, who was considering marrying an older man. ``The sex isn`t so great,`` her friend told her. ``But she said that was no problem, because she could always have an affair.``

Fred Humphrey, a University of Connecticut professor who has had a private practice for more than 30 years, says adultery ``is still a source of enormous trauma, anger and strife`` in marital therapy. ``There`s still an enormous hurt and shock when infidelity occurs.``

All the enlightenment in the world cannot diminish the effect when adultery hits home, Humphrey says. When it actually touches them, Humphrey says, ``people really still get socked between the eyes.``

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1991-06-06/features/9103020284_1_advocates-adultery-adultery-causes-grief-marcella-weiner



http://themonkeycage.org/blog/2011/07/27/americans-have-become-more-opposed-to-adultery-why/



Irish survey on adultery

http://www.ark.ac.uk/sol/surveys/gen_social_att/nisa/1991/website/Religious_Observance/ADULTERY.html

BigOl64 wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 11:15am:


Making up cute little words does nothing to help to your "argument".  If anything, they just make you look rather childish.

BigOl64 wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 11:15am:


You don't get to make that decision.  Sorry.