the issue with death penalty is that even if you have a perfect state that makes zero mistakes when applying such penalty, it can only do so in the context of a criminal offense having been committed.
but what is a criminal offense? one person's "that's a crime" is another person's "i should be free to do that"
for example, in yemen, if you are caught performing homosexual acts as a married man, you are to be stoned to death.
in principle, a capital punishment supporter should also be okay with this.
if you are one of those who has just caught yourself saying "well... i think death penalty is okay but not like that" then you have just hit my main point like a brick wall
if the decision to apply death penalty is based on one's subjective assessment of what a crime is, then that's not rational or fair
here's some homework for you - replace "death penalty" with "any penalty" and re-run my thought sequence again :)
the very act of "criminalizing" is fraught with moral issues already, so i think we should drop all death penalties until we have perfectly solved the question "what is crime?"
Hope that helps you - and if you can, do vote, and encourage others to do so too.
[Edit/rant] Also worth noting, as mentioned in the other reply - The Tories have brought in new rules to mean you must own and take photographic ID with you to be allowed to vote i.e. a passport or driving licence. If you're not wealthy enough to drive or have international holidays, you're no longer allowed to participate in democracy.
If you will not be at tht location when the election happens. You must travel or vote by mail.
Main advantage
You can choose the location where your vote is most likely too make a difference.
Worth noting. With all the tory desperation for voter ID.
Multiple homes in different catchment areas. Is the one floor in the system where folks can vote multiple times. And have close to 0 risk of getting cought.
Voter ID has no effect on it. (As implemented).
And unlike most other things like voting for dead folks or other ID based flaws. The local data and risk of multiple votes has no risk of turning up the fault. And arresting the voter in jail.
As other situations 1 vote is registered at 1 polling stations. Any multiple votes will show up as soon as the 2nd one happens.
And vote from home again is one person to one station. And is checked to ensure if an in person vote. Mail votes are not counted.
The numbers are still way to low to effect anything. Unless large % of voters suddenly rent a 2nd home.
But as only the wealthy can do it. Tories clearly dont see it as an issue.
Because ids only a crime in national elections. Registering is perfectly legal.
And actual voting lists where they check each voter and tick you off on the paper sheet. Are both phycical and only apply to one polling center.
The ability to check for the crime accross the whole country. Is very impractical and complex. AND LIKELY "CLOSE TO" Impossible with out digitising the paper lists and tick. Polling stations use to confirm you came to vote.
I legitimately cannot stand to have modern kids' cartoons on the TV. They do not function at all as entertainment as far as I can tell, just flash and color and chaos, and it's like the nature of the flash and color is as annoying and hyperstimulating as you could possibly imagine. It's as if someone had deliberately set out to on purpose make the kids as discombobulated and craving stimulation as possible, so they'd have as strong as possible a susceptibility to the advertising that comes alongside the shows.
Hey wait a minute
(Edit: Oh I completely missed that this was a UK thing. Well there you go, as far as my US childhood.)
My childhood was between 2007 and mid-2015, I'd say.
First of all, I miss the graphic design. Everything's so flat these days. I preferred it back when everything was shiny and skeuomorphic.
There was better stuff on TV, too - especially the cartoons. Also, I could have watched TV on my DS using one of those special Game Paks, as we hadn't quite switched to digital yet.
Furthermore, the TV ads were actually entertaining, and we had more PIFs.
The internet was more fun.
YouTube was fair and funny
Flash games were still a thing
Vine was just around the corner
There was so little advertising and tracking everywhere that I didn't need to bother with my über-hardened web browser set up. Hell, I could probably have made do with something like Lynx or NetSurf and not missed out on any content.
We were still in the Rage Era of memes, which I would say was infinitely superior to the MLG Era.
Everything was cheap a couple of years after the housing crisis. You could buy shower gel at Tesco for just 2p.
We were still in the EU, which was nice.
Chester Bennington from Linkin Park was still alive
David Bowie was still alive
Betty White was still alive
Steven Hawking was still alive
Avicii was still alive
Prince was still alive
The Queen was still alive
Obama was president
Mojang wasn't owned by Microsoft
Windows was, in my opinion, an alright OS
iPhones could be jailbroken and apps sideloaded more easily
I like them because, until I was old enough to watch the real thing, these were as close as I could get to horror films. They can get pretty scary, especially considering they're warning about real things (as opposed to monsters or fictional murderers).
The visual design of cars - small, sleek and angular instead of giant, fat and round (however the engines were all leaded petrol etc)
Nothing was tracking me or spying on me (perhaps except the PE Teacher)
Fewer things were packed full of artificial sweeteners
The music charts used to be a thing that mattered. We were entering the era of manufactured trash pop, but there were still some genuinely good songs released, which charted, such as this one (Youtube Link)
The "Golden Age" of action films (all the Stallone/Schwarzenegger ones etc)
Lots of small independent shops and manufacturers, rather than 10 mega-corporations
Milky way crispy rolls were around and CBBC/BBC shows (jungle run for example) when I got home from school and kids shows on a Saturday morning like dick and Dom or whatever the show on citv was that showed cartoons in between live action segments.
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