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Re:The Fantastic World of Professor Tolkien (1956) by GarrisonPrime on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @12:11AM (#12545319)
An alternative to capital punishment: exile.

Fence off a large part of the American southwest. Surround it with guard towers and automatic motion-activated machine guns to destroy anything that comes within 100 ft of the fence. Then drop the exiles off with a backpack of basic equipment and wish them well.

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Re:The Fantastic World of Professor Tolkien (1956) by DougWebb on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @12:13AM (#12545327)
I think I saw that movie a few times. Never seems to work out well.
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Re:The Fantastic World of Professor Tolkien (1956) by PhasmaFelis on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @02:08AM (#12545797)
That's not "exile." That's just prison, only even more sadistic and poorly run.
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Re:The Fantastic World of Professor Tolkien (1956) by GarrisonPrime on Thursday September 22, 2016 @12:01AM (#12554231)
It's not sadistic; it's neutral. Nature is the only guard. It's not poorly run; it's not run at all. This is nearly the very definition of exile, so I'm not sure where your confusion comes from. Perhaps you feel throwing them into a desert is inhumane? Fine, then fence off part of a jungle or plains with a river or something else more comfortable. Build some basic infrastructure if necessary.
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Re:The Fantastic World of Professor Tolkien (1956) by okwhatthe2 on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @03:58PM (#12551685)
> only even more sadistic

Remember Florence ADX.

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Re:The Fantastic World of Professor Tolkien (1956) by blowski on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @02:35AM (#12545893)
I assume this is a reference to "Esacpe from LA".
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Re:The Fantastic World of Professor Tolkien (1956) by douche on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @02:36PM (#12550981)
Or, since we've already brought Dune into the picture up-thread, Salusa Secondus.
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Re:The Fantastic World of Professor Tolkien (1956) by AndrewDucker on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @06:51AM (#12546984)
Or the Heinlein short story "Coventry": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_(short_story)
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Re:The Fantastic World of Professor Tolkien (1956) by GarrisonPrime on Thursday September 22, 2016 @12:01AM (#12554235)
No, it is a modest proposal.
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