Sixate...as a verb...I like that.
I changed my views on capital punishment. Once, I was a staunch advocate of the death penalty. I have since been forced to reevaluate that stance, due in large part, to a Time magazine article, a couple of years ago, about a medical examiner in Texas (I think) that was falsifying evidence in order to clear up a huge caseload. There have also been numerous cases of people being cleared, years after being convicted and sentenced, by D.N.A. evidence. Evidence being supressed at trial, that would, without question, clear the defendant of the crime. Our justice system is more concerned with clearing caseloads, and winning cases than with actually discovering the truth. I've lost to much faith in our justice system to allow them to take <i>anyones</i> life.
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"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony
"Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus
It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.
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