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Re:Lee Kuan Yew, Founding Father and First Premier of Singap... by Panoramix on Sunday March 22, 2015 @06:57PM (#9248617)
For what is worth, I'd rather be executed than to "live" in an American prison. The idea that solitary confinement occurs in a first world country is appalling and scary. Don't get me started on the things inmates and guards do to some people.
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Re:Lee Kuan Yew, Founding Father and First Premier of Singap... by username223 on Sunday March 22, 2015 @10:34PM (#9249205)
> For what is worth, I'd rather be executed than to "live" in an American prison.

Same. I'm not sure whether capital punishment should still be a thing, but anyone given a life sentence should have the option to choose death instead. Life in a supermax prison is deeply inhumane.

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Re:Lee Kuan Yew, Founding Father and First Premier of Singap... by seanmcdirmid on Sunday March 22, 2015 @07:18PM (#9248670)
It takes a long time to execute people in the USA. Having an execution hanging over your head for 20 years probably makes prison much, much, much worse.
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Re:Lee Kuan Yew, Founding Father and First Premier of Singap... by ams6110 on Sunday March 22, 2015 @09:28PM (#9249015)
Well everyone has their own death hanging over their head all the time.
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Re:Lee Kuan Yew, Founding Father and First Premier of Singap... by seanmcdirmid on Sunday March 22, 2015 @09:46PM (#9249062)
Yes, but it is often not imminent until you are old enough to not care anymore. You might die tomorrow in some freak accident, but you'll live today as if you aren't going to. In this case, ignorance is bliss.
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