There are a number of reasons why I object to capital punishment.
1. No legal system devised by imperfect human beings can ever be perfect. Withh imprisonment, a lot of damage can be done to a person's life by a miscarriage of justice, but at least the state can free the victim. With capital punishment, no such option exists. Unless someone invented reanimation technology whilst I was not looking...
2. It seems that wherever there is capital punishment, people who are minorities and impoverished rank prominently amongst those sentenced to death. To kill on such a basis is not merely morally objectionable, but qualifies as a crime against humanity.
3. Capital punishment, by its very nature, is generally reserved for the most serious crimes, such as murder. It strikes me as heinously hypocritical of any society to kill someone for the crime of killing.
In the event of one of the abovementioned miscarriages of justice, if an innocent human being has been wrongfully murdered by the state, and the penalty for murder is death, does not society as a whole - everybody in that nation, state or territory, deserve the death penalty?
4. It is a barbaric practice belonging only to barbaric peoples. No nation with the death penalty on its statute books has any rightful place calling itself civilised.
The death penalty is a vile and evil thing practiced only by those nations with a distinct lack of humanity and an even more desperate lack of imagination.
Presumably you'd be in possession of the lady's number so do it over the phone.
Voice is more personal than an email.
Simply speak the truth, but without bagging her.
Something honest but non-insulting like "Thank you for last night's date, but I don't feel we are meant for each other. I wish you all the best for the future."
Something similar to that.
It means not laying on blame, but then if she has some hopes, you can give resolution ASAP.
Of course this would apply to both genders.
For the cost of a phone call you can set things straight and know you have behaved with respect and integrity.
The narcotic type should continue to be illegal, but medicinal uses on prescription, and the commercialisation of hemp for oil, etc should be advanced.
Marijuana as used illicitly today is not the same drug it originally was.
It is now a dangerous drug on a par with heroin.
Studies have proven it is involved in the production of schizophrenia-like psychoses. It causes permanent brain damage.
To those who feel they have a right to use it, I agree as long as you don't ask anyone else to pay the consequences.
That is, you can guarantee to be at work the next day and give a fair day's work.
You will not expect others to pay for your medical care, needed because of the multitude of flow on effects of using the drug.
Unless someone can take the full consequences of their drug use entirely upon themselves (and I doubt very much that is even possible) then drugs like marijuana should not be allowed.
"The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by Divine Providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king."
"Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."
I mean there's the Parrot Sketch, the Cheese Shop Sketch (complete with "negotiating the cheesy comestibles"...) the Cannibal Sailors sketch, The Lumberjack Song...
Then there's the whole team (although I do think Graham Chapman had the prettiest legs...)
More important than appearances is how the women is as a person.
There is something to be said for the adage that there is more to love in a large lady.
It is also up to personal preferences.
Some men are interested only in extremely overweight ladies.
Some prefer ladies who resemble stick insects.
Just like some prefer redheads and others prefer blondes.
If first impressions count, I prefer ladies with a little excess baggage to those who are rakishly thin, but if I am into her soul, then whether she is rakishly thin or Jabba the Hutt, I am still into her soul and that's what matters.
The important thing, I think, is not to be too self-conscious of what we see as our deficiencies.
What is a deficiency in one is bound to be dreamily spectacular to another.
So let's all let go of worrying about what is defined as "beautiful" on TV or in the magazines, what is "in", what is "out", and be ourselves and dare accept that we can be accepted for who we are, as we are.
That way, hopefully, we'll increase our chances of finding that someone special enough to see us as being special, whom we see in the same light.
(Although here, Customs would raid your home if you were running an unlicensed distillery! You'd be treated worse than an illegal drug manufacturing operation! After all, money is more important than lives, isn't it?)
These engines will also generate electricity using water flow instead of air. They will also turn over powered by steam or any other flowing liquid or gas.
Do you have any geothermal power there?
Wind?
Why not hook up a home-based wind turbine?
Domestic wind generators are available!
Not all power generation systems will work everywhere - they need to be suited to the local conditions.
In my work I recently interviewed a brilliant Australian inventor.
He has invented and is trying to market an engine powered entirely by compressed air.
He has an Italian car manufacturer interested in building small cars fitted with his engine, which offers a driving range of up to 300 to 400 kilometres (around 180 to 250 miles) on a tank of air that takes 2 minutes to refill.
So if I can persuade the local authorities to certify the car roadworthy and I can persuade the Italian car manufacturer to let me order one when they are on the market, I'd prefer an air car to an electric one.
Electric cars do pollute, as their batteries contain some rather toxic chemicals.
Better still, the car will cost about the same as a small-sized motorcycle to buy.
I'd set up a solar-powered air compressor at home compressing air into some spare tanks whilst I am out for the day.
When I get home, I simply connect my car via hose to the home refuelling station, ready to go the next day.
The major drawback is that the car is only a two seater. But it is still a useful commuter.
I think we do need a breath of fresh air put onto our climate change crisis (oh, I so love puns...)
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RE: Capital Punishment
There are a number of reasons why I object to capital punishment.1. No legal system devised by imperfect human beings can ever be perfect. Withh imprisonment, a lot of damage can be done to a person's life by a miscarriage of justice, but at least the state can free the victim. With capital punishment, no such option exists. Unless someone invented reanimation technology whilst I was not looking...
2. It seems that wherever there is capital punishment, people who are minorities and impoverished rank prominently amongst those sentenced to death. To kill on such a basis is not merely morally objectionable, but qualifies as a crime against humanity.
3. Capital punishment, by its very nature, is generally reserved for the most serious crimes, such as murder. It strikes me as heinously hypocritical of any society to kill someone for the crime of killing.
In the event of one of the abovementioned miscarriages of justice, if an innocent human being has been wrongfully murdered by the state, and the penalty for murder is death, does not society as a whole - everybody in that nation, state or territory, deserve the death penalty?
4. It is a barbaric practice belonging only to barbaric peoples. No nation with the death penalty on its statute books has any rightful place calling itself civilised.
The death penalty is a vile and evil thing practiced only by those nations with a distinct lack of humanity and an even more desperate lack of imagination.