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SF, I don't think anyone would easily disagree with you on the issue of whether this is a fair punishment for a drug crime, especially considering she's pregnant.
But many of us know the cost of war--the majority of the tab is usually picked up by the completely innocent.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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