"Do you know why people like violence? ... (Reply #20)

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20. "Do you know why people like violence? ...

It is because it feels good. Humans find violence deeply satisfying. But remove the satisfaction, and the act becomes... hollow."

-Alan Turing from The Imitation Game

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33 replies	Author	Time	Post
Jesus fuck, can we lay off the torture and agony fantasies already? (Tsarnaev) [View all]	NuclearDem	Apr 2015	OP
I have no idea what you are talking about	marym625	Apr 2015	#1
Are people drooling over the idea of Tsarnaev suffering?	Chemisse	Apr 2015	#2
This post really applies to most discussions here about prison.	NuclearDem	Apr 2015	#4
I didn't see them, probably already in my 'not you again' section of my ignore list.	freshwest	Apr 2015	#5
Do you believe rehabilitation is sometimes possible also? I like to think that	KingCharlemagne	Apr 2015	#11
Rehabilitation has worked in Scandinavia. But they are committed to a whole social solution, not	freshwest	Apr 2015	#12
I think I may have missed the subtext of your reply to which I was responding where	KingCharlemagne	Apr 2015	#13
RE: the 3 yr-old rapist sentencing: IMHO, the judge's reasoning is very disturbing...	jonno99	Apr 2015	#33
Yes.	Orsino	Apr 2015	#26
Tsarnaev is going to spend years processing this stuff	Warpy	Apr 2015	#3
Assuming the "controlling older brother"....	sendero	Apr 2015	#10
Life is so simple for legalists	Warpy	Apr 2015	#23
i'm going to go out on a limb...	sendero	Apr 2015	#28
Or he could become the hero of radical jihadists in prison and spend his days wishing he killed more	aikoaiko	Apr 2015	#16
Make him watch in his cell Brady Bunch reruns 24/7	Katashi_itto	Apr 2015	#6
Barney and Friends, Teletubbies, and Loveboat.	aikoaiko	Apr 2015	#17
I don't have fantasies regarding his punishment.	romanic	Apr 2015	#7
Being against torturing prisoners does not mean "feeling sorry" for someone.	ScreamingMeemie	Apr 2015	#8
This kind of reaction is so tiresome.	sammythecat	Apr 2015	#21
What fantasies would those be?	brooklynite	Apr 2015	#9
Well, it's very possible he'll be sentenced to die.	cwydro	Apr 2015	#15
Jesus fuck? Is that a new rock band?	Rex	Apr 2015	#14
I know. I never alert, and I'm not religious.	cwydro	Apr 2015	#18
My personal favorite is 'God fuck it!' (Trademarked).	randome	Apr 2015	#31
K&R	demmiblue	Apr 2015	#19
"Do you know why people like violence? ...	Tuesday Afternoon	Apr 2015	#20
Yep - he nailed it...	jonno99	Apr 2015	#29
imo, one of the best lines in the whole movie (and that is saying something)	Tuesday Afternoon	Apr 2015	#30
Can you link to these "fantasies"?	cwydro	Apr 2015	#22
You've already replied to one three or four times.	NuclearDem	Apr 2015	#25
As a society we gain nothing from blood lust.	NCTraveler	Apr 2015	#24
We are a punisher culture. Even progressives like to get their righteous rage on.	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2015	#27
I don't know what you mean.	NaturalHigh	Apr 2015	#32

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