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What a horrible development :x

Those photos are just heartbreaking. If you don't mind, I'm going to print a few out.

Just because a law is difficult to enforce does not mean it's a waste of time.

It wasn't all that crowded, especially in the "older" part of the museum. In fact, my family and I were the only people in the armor area. I was in the museum from about 11-1:30pm, mostly in the east wing, so maybe it was a bit early for people. It really is a wonderful area, and I can't wait until 2012!

I just got home from seeing the new East Wing today. It definitely adds a lot of class to the museum, and I hope more people go to check it out

All crimes' penalties are governed by context. Obviously not all killers should get the death penalty, but some should based on the situation. The same applies with rapists, that the death penalty should be a potential sentence should the circumstances warrant it. For a 16 year old male to put a knife to a young woman's throat and rape her, the crime can't get more violent than that and thus the most severe punishment is justified.

"I'm not advocating sympathy for any felon. My only argument is that the death penalty is extreme in rape cases. I have no problem with this kid spending the next 20-30 years of his life in jail. Would we apply the same type of punishment for a forcible rape committed by a 16 year old from the suburbs? What if a 16 year old from Westlake raped his girlfriend after prom, would you still be advocating the death penalty? Would you call him a savage?" Depends on the circumstances. This kid put a knife to a young woman's throat and brutally and openly raping her with the threat of death if she didn't comply. As far as I'm concerned, his life is therefore forfeit. Now regarding some Westlake kid raping his girlfriend after prom, well, how I would treat the bad guy here would depend on the context. I would say that if that kid put a knife to his girlfriend's as well and brutalized her, then he should be fried. If, however, the kid is drunk and thus not in complete control of his actions, well, then I might change my tune a bit since we don't fry drunken drivers who run over patrons. Hell, if you're on the Browns, you don't even go to prison.

I'm sure the kid didn't concern himself with the consequences because he knew that there were none worth worrying about (a bit circular, I'll admit). There is a big difference between a couple years in the joint compared to breathing in poison gasses. You don't steal a loaf of bread if the clerk has a gun pointed to your head. You put it back and walk away. And this guy isn't a child. He's a near-adult adolescent. He can drive a car. He can operate machinery on a farm. He can put a knife to someone's throat and rape them. Beyond some outdated social definitions of what constitutes a child, which vary in different states, there's nothing about him that puts him in that category.

This 16 year old kid, whom I'm presuming has already had some experiences with the judicial system, was caught sleeping in his car. Clearly he was not worried about the consequences of his actions because (a) he's scum and (b) he knows he's not going to face any long term sentences. What do you think he'll get? 3-5 years? Probation? Nothing since he's a minor (too lazy to look at Ohio's Revised Code)? Meanwhile that Case student, no matter how much therapy she goes through, will always be a rape victim, even as he's walking around in however many months or years a free man. The threat of jail/prison time doesn't faze guys like him whatsoever, so you have to look outside the box. There needs to be a punishment so draconian that it will prohibit this kind of conduct. He should die.

One thing I don't get about libraries is their lending out movies and even video games to patrons. I don't see any real social benefit to these transactions.

It's time to make rape a capital punishment. Enough is enough already

I'll be there Saturday!

Baby steps!

^That is just shocking (referencing to the unions suing for the Downtown Alliance pulling the weeds)

I'm not following the union jokes?

Consulting

This isn't the video we're talking about, is it? Oh my god, that is the most annoying sound everywhere. I see some RTA buses drive by my neighborhood/have seen some driving around downtown recently and have not yet heard that racket.

It would have just been nice to come out first for once.

The city government should do far more things to encourage this kind of proactiveness i.e. massive tax incentives. In one of the other boards, I talked about the need to deputize and perhaps even arm civilian groups that are deputized and monitoring bad areas (think Little Brother). Well, this is like a much less radical version of that thought, and I am all for it!

48g seems INCREDIBLY high

I got lost reading that but I'll tell you one thing, some girls like nice guys, more girls love a$$holes

Good stuff

....eh, those videos aren't really all that funny:(

Dynamics Online. They're highly reputable

'Second, the disease thing went both ways, since tobacco is native to North America and has been responsible for the insidious deaths of hundreds of millions of people, whereas Europeans only directly killed perhaps 50,000 Indians. Even more if you consider corn syrup -- corn is of course native to the Americas." .....wow