[privacy] U.S. House Vote on 'Illegal Images' Sweeps in WiFi,

[Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu]

On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:03:50 EST, Dude VanWinkle said:
> Which is more humane: Locking up someone forever because you cant fix
> their issue, or putting them to death? I would rather be killed than
> spend a lifetime in an asylum..,.

It would probably depend on exactly what form of "lock somebody up
forever" you decide to impose on the person.  There's *plenty* of people
who spend long periods of time in psychiatric hospitals who'd rather be
there than be dead (and in fact, many of them are there *because* they
tried to be dead instead of alive...)

Which would you prefer, house arrest or death penalty?  Does your answer
change if it's phrased that way rather than "locked up forever"?
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