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Deltaslug

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Annie1227 said :
-eats cookies-


-holds all cookies in the world for ransom-


We, the cookie-nappers of the world, will not release the confections until our demands our met:
1) Annie must write create a thread on the RS Story Forums with a short story.
That is the end of out demands.

For each hour that our demands are not met, a box of cookies will be crumbled up and a child will be forced to eat raw turnips and rhubarbs.

29-Nov-2017 01:12:55

Westenev

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Azi Demonica said :
Hm, if this lousy roommate cannot legally leave, make sure he feels he knows he's unwanted.


I see this situation a lot irl, and tend to find this is arguably the worst relationship to have with a room mate. I've refrained from commenting because I don't know the particulars. Maybe the guy is a panty sniffing creeper, or maybe they got off on the wrong foot... frankly, I don't want to know. What I do know is that encouraging that sort of attitude causes nothing but spite.

The best solution, I think, would be to step off the high horse, find a neutral party and to have a talk. Reach a compromise somehow.

It's amazing how many problems can be solved (or, at least alleviated) by simply talking.



Deltaslug said :
Annie1227 said :
-eats cookies-


-holds all cookies in the world for ransom-


We, the cookie-nappers of the world, will not release the confections until our demands our met:
1) Annie must write create a thread on the RS Story Forums with a short story.
That is the end of out demands.

For each hour that our demands are not met, a box of cookies will be crumbled up and a child will be forced to eat raw turnips and rhubarbs.


*Shrugs* I'd read that.
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29-Nov-2017 01:34:34 - Last edited on 29-Nov-2017 01:42:00 by Westenev

NotFishing

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Westenev said :
What I do know is that encouraging that sort of attitude causes nothing but spite


Nonsense.

"Punishment used to be eye for an eye. Someone killed your nephew and you got to kill their nephew. And it worked!"
-Kilian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOgtoKNUQvw&t=323s
Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

29-Nov-2017 02:42:41

Azi Demonica

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Indeed, sometimes, talking solves the biggest problems. I tend to not bother with talking though, but then again, that was why I got fired. Nevertheless, I am eager to start a new life very soon, it will be my calming down.

If someone kills your nephew, kill the murderer, not an innocent nephew. I cannot conceive why anyone would want to directly punish innocent people while knowing they are innocent. Like, if you get really mad, and end up beating up innocent people as well as the guilty because you were too angry to think straight, you made a partial mistake.

As for the link, I am totally lost.

I will try to post in APTtS tonight, just need to relax a bit, I ate too many raspberries and feel sick.

29-Nov-2017 04:01:40

Westenev

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Azi Demonica said :
If someone kills your nephew, kill the murderer, not an innocent nephew. I cannot conceive why anyone would want to directly punish innocent people while knowing they are innocent. Like, if you get really mad, and end up beating up innocent people as well as the guilty because you were too angry to think straight, you made a partial mistake.


You're looking at it in the wrong perspective. In terms of equivilant exchange, simply killing the accused in that situation would be a mercy. For killing your nephew, you wouldn't want to apply a slap of the wrist... you would want a person to SUFFER - preferably for the rest of their long, miserable life.

On a tangent, I think this was the idea behind the modern prison system... at least, before they started handing them roast meals, law/accounting scholarships, under floor heating and soft beds.
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29-Nov-2017 05:58:46

Azi Demonica

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Well, you could crack the neck, by putting the accused in a chokehold then pulling backwards and then upwards really hard and fast. being paralyzed neck down is a pretty brutal punishment, as you cannot enjoy life, or do anything, literally. See, I assume that someone who kills a nephew is a psychopath, so killing the psycho's family member won't do anything, as psychopaths don't even care about their families or children. So, the best solution, is to paralyze or kill the murderer. However, killing even a murderer can get you in jail, which I think is dumb, seeing as killing a criminal is way cheaper than keeping him in jail. Of course, we are assuming it to be true, but since in the real world mistakes can happen, we don't have a death penalty. Fortunately, terrible criminals are usually killed in jail anyways.

And in USA and the UK, there is prison labour, which is basically prisoners working as slaves. Bleh, human beings are good at being bad. Then again, if you look at nature, there are adult birds, such as herons, who prey on ducklings. Groups of male ducks will even try to rape and kill a mother duck while her ducklings are being eaten. Seems like all nature is cruelty and disgust. At least I, as a meat-eater, don't chew on baby animals and eat them alive.

Hm, that just gave me an idea. A RP where everyone's a Harpy or predatory mythological beast, and we just hunt and kill animals/people in the most brutal and cruel way possible.

29-Nov-2017 07:33:57

Westenev

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Hmm. I think you're taking things out of context again!

An eye for an eye is but equivalent exchange. While it may be seen as just nowadays to simply incapacitate or even kill the murderer themselves, this is not in and of itself ‘equivalent exchange’. You would not, for example, trade an eye for a heart.

Add to that, dead men tell no tales (which is in and of itself a bad thing, if you want to stop others from having a go at you). If you leave your opponent destroyed but alive, sometimes this can be used as a potent incentive for others not to mess with you.


As for ducks, many creatures do similar things – even humans, in some cases. After a creature is born, their lives very little value. In fact, they are a complete and utter hindrance – they carry another male’s genome, they must be protected at all times and are the reason why the female can’t produce more offspring. Therefore, it makes sense for a male to off another male's offspring as soon as possible, so the female can rear their offspring.

On the whole, I would find it more disgusting to eat a mother (or father) than a baby animal. A mother or father can look after themselves, and can rear other baby animals should the babies die. If you kill the mother and/or father however, this is a certain death sentence on the babies who cannot survive on their own. A multi kill, if you would.

Nature plays by a different, very interesting set of rules. There’s no use putting human morals to it. Unless you're talking about humans, in which case, yeah... that's kind of sick.
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29-Nov-2017 09:01:05 - Last edited on 29-Nov-2017 09:16:01 by Westenev

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