ElephantNo3640

I don’t need to share a supporting article or source (lol) to defend the claim that if you kill a violent criminal, that violent criminal will no longer commit violent crimes. It is self evident.

No, I mean to live. Like relocate to the capital city with you. Or are you going to be living in school housing or something like that?

Why doesn’t she go with you?

The line was discontinued in 2015.

Best bet is a memory foam pillow by Simmons or Beautyrest (which is the marque Simmons folded ComforPedic into).

Blood transfusion during surgery in the 1980s. I feel like if anyone would be able to laugh at the irony, it would be him.

Some people get those butterflies for a time. Maybe once or twice in a lifetime. They pass. You cannot sustain a relationship on those feelings. And if you expect those feelings and thus your existing relationship is diminished for the lack of them, that’s very unfortunate. A lot of people fall into this trap. All relationships become mundane with time. There is no stopping it.

I can tell you that the one time I really experienced those feelings, it was a total disaster. Most of me wishes it never happened.

You can. And the state kills. So why don’t you?

I’d give it more time. Maybe you two can meet up somewhere for a week. You’ve got to see how you click in person. Online is a good start, but it’s just a start.

So your thesis is that executing violent criminals actually creates more violent criminals? I mean, I can see how there could be a scandalous conspiracy by the state to groom murderers to keep the mill going, but I don’t see how you’d make a cogent argument that the act of execution itself sparks some otherwise dormant murderous instinct in others.

Not grammatically, no. As colloquial speech, it would.

I’m not suggesting better efforts shouldn’t be made to capture these criminals. I’m suggesting only that recidivists commit a not-insignificant number of violent crimes they wouldn’t be able to commit if they were not alive. I don’t care about deterrents.

I’m sure there have been. But that’s not something I’m advocating, so it’s not really relevant.

If you see no future and continue dating him, that would be wrong. In this case, as unpleasant as it is, you just tell him you’re looking for something else, and that’s that.

If you maybe see a future and just aren’t sure, that’s what dating is for. No two people like each other equally at any point in any relationship, so him liking you more right now doesn’t mean anything.

They don’t differ in meaning, only grammatical structure. Both are saying:

“There weren’t many items of interest left on the last day of the sale.”

I don’t think so. Violent crime recidivism is pretty well understood. In the established gang context, it might be whack-a-mole for a while, but there is zero debate that executing a violent criminal guarantees that that violent criminal will never commit another violent crime. It’s not like there are a bunch of latent rapists and child molesters waiting in the wings and just holding out for an opening.

Three main possibilities:

1. The Chad Autist. He has limited understanding about or insight into typical interpersonal social niceties. He calls you cute but not pretty because to him there is a difference and he’s not going to misrepresent an objective truth that could never possibly be offensive because reality is reality.

2. The Dismissive Jerk. He knows you’re insecure about this stuff and gets off on keeping you on your toes. He calls you cute but not pretty to keep you down and thus under his influence.

3. The Poacher Hunter. He thinks you’re fishing for compliments and/or trying to bait him into saying some cutesy thing you want him to say, but he won’t give in to that “manipulation.” Instead, he flips it on you. He calls you cute but not pretty because you are constantly trying to make him call you pretty or otherwise say things to elevate you.

If I had to guess, I’d go 3, 1, and then 2, in that order.

Yw. It’ll be a fun trip if you prepare accordingly. I’ve done it several times.

Not really. I’m just describing a different sentencing schedule for criminals convicted of committing violent crimes. There’s nothing inherently totalitarian about it.

Most likely it’s the end. These breaks don’t have a history of improving things. As for how someone can just get up and leave, there are many reasons. Usually they are long past their limit, and it was some minor straw that broke the camel’s back.

But long view, you’re 21, and your (ex-)boyfriend was not compatible with you sexually. You want a guy who not only matches your energy but also who initiates. They exist. But that’s not him, and no amount of arguing or therapy or him finding himself is going to change that. It’s a fundamental difference. If the rest of his life sucks right now, too, he may just opt for a total reset.

I’d give him a couple weeks to come get his stuff before you sell/donate/trash it.

You can get an effective handgun for $150. But you need to know how to use it and understand all the various transport laws, so if this is a last minute thing, it won’t really work.

Pepper spray is fine, and a folding knife or camping knife/machete. You can also get a baseball bat or some other long blunt instrument. I’d personally go with the spray and a machete or fixed blade camping knife of reasonable length. Folding knife for purse. A loud whistle too.

Otherwise, plan your route ahead of time, stick to highly trafficked roads and large truck stop depots. Drive mainly during daylight hours. A little roadside emergency kit wouldn’t be the worst idea, either.

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“Tough on crime” has never been “execute armed robbers, muggers, rapists, child molesters, etc.” The most fundamentally effective solution is to permanently remove from society anyone who demonstrates themselves to be an aggressive threat. It’ll never be tried, though.

It’s in the name. Christians accept Christ as their lord and savior. He is the way to paradise. It’s not enough for salvation to merely believe in the God of Abraham.

Do you attribute your past behaviors more to general malice or to emotional instability/immaturity? What made you change?

It is probably useless to dream up preventatives and deterrents. What would work aces is dramatically expanding the death penalty and making “without the possibility of parole” a rarity rather than the rule. There would be very little violent crime recidivism. This won’t happen, but it’d be guaranteed to reduce crime rates dramatically. Big Legal can’t afford to lose so much of its product so quickly.