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"Liberal activists want to do away with the traditional stoning lottery. Apparently, in PC America, a 'safe space' is one in which you aren’t stoned to death in the town square to increase the harvest yield. Well, count me out." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sto...

Stoning Our Neighbors to Death Makes the Corn Grow High, and Elitist Liberals Should Stop Attacking This Traditional Value
Stoning Our Neighbors to Death Makes the Corn Grow High, and Elitist Liberals Should Stop Attacking This Traditional Value

Since Biblical times, stoning people to death has been a horrible punishment reserved for the worst criminals. But now, in PC liberal America, the ...

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"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." www.npr.org/2015/03/02/3...

"We find, in the rules laid down by the greatest English Judges, who have been the brightest of mankind; We are to look upon it as more beneficial, that many guilty persons should escape unpunished, than one innocent person should suffer. The reason is, because it’s of more importance to community, that innocence should be protected, than it is, that guilt should be punished; for guilt and crimes are so frequent in the world, that all of them cannot be punished; and many times they happen in such a manner, that it is not of much consequence to the public, whether they are punished or not. But when innocence itself, is brought to the bar and condemned, especially to die, the subject will exclaim, it is immaterial to me, whether I behave well or ill; for virtue itself, is no security. And if such a sentiment as this, should take place in the mind of the subject, there would be an end to all security what so ever." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone%27s_ratio
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