Comments on: You don’t control all the variables https://www.isegoria.net/2019/07/you-dont-control-all-the-variables/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 05 Nov 2026 06:11:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Dan Kurt https://www.isegoria.net/2019/07/you-dont-control-all-the-variables/comment-page-1/#comment-2946975 Dan Kurt Sat, 27 Jul 2019 15:58:31 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45433#comment-2946975 More than 2,000 years ago this point was known: The Scorpion and the Frog by Aesop explains the criminal mind.
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]]> By: Wang Wei Lin https://www.isegoria.net/2019/07/you-dont-control-all-the-variables/comment-page-1/#comment-2946848 Wang Wei Lin Sat, 27 Jul 2019 00:38:23 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45433#comment-2946848 Once they’ve consistently demonstrated they are unfit for civilized society, shoot them; otherwise they get to live, and innocents will die.

]]> By: TRX https://www.isegoria.net/2019/07/you-dont-control-all-the-variables/comment-page-1/#comment-2946784 TRX Fri, 26 Jul 2019 16:56:51 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45433#comment-2946784 “The voices in his head told him to do it.”

Yep. That’s where the “watch for the chicken dance” training falls short. Not every incident starts with someone working themself up to rage; sometimes the slot machine behind their eyes comes up cherries and they go nuts.

And that’s why no amount of punishment will deter them from criminal acts. Because the concept of punishment is entirely beyond them; they live in some demented “now” that only vaguely relates to reality-as-we-know-it.

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