Saturday Six: Episode #232

1. Do you think that capital punishment — as the system now operates — is a deterrent to crime on any level?

No, clearly not. The prisons are full to overflowing with deathrow clients. What part of this seems like a deterent? And in Texas, where they do happily execute the deathrow inmates, there are still too many of them. Doesn't seem to scare them at all.

2. With changes and/or improvements to the justice system designed to better enforce capital punishment, do you think it could be a better deterrent to crime?

That is a tough question. I don't know that such a thing can happen. It is in the human genome to be violent, take what isn't one's own, getting ahead through violence, etc.

3. Should the punishment a man who kills a pregnant woman be worse than the punishment a man who kills a non-pregnant woman faces?

No. Why? Isn't that discriminatory?

4. Take the quiz: What Felony Are You?

In school, you were most likely to get in trouble for:

Vandalism

Making fun of someone

Cheating on a test

Being weird

Fighting

Bullying

What kind of people are you drawn to?

Powerful people

Innocent people

People who are a little shady

You aren't into people

Risk taking people

Weak people

What petty crime are you most likely to commit?

Marijuana possession

Shoplifting

Public nuisance

Littering

Jaywalking

Speeding

Which of these do you feel the most comfortable with?

Physically acting out on your aggression

Being disloyal

Being dishonest

Making someone feel uncomfortable

Ruining someone's reputation

Making someone do something against their will

Who would have been the best cellmate?

Robert Downey Jr.

OJ Simpson

Andy Dick

Mel Gibson

Paris Hilton

Martha Stewart

You Are Stalking

You tend to be very obsessive. Once you focus your attention on something or someone, it's all you think about. You are also very secretive. People don't know much about the life that you lead. You are attracted to weak people. You may want to prey on them, but you also may just want to help them. You need attention, and you can get desperate if you aren't getting attention from the right person. You'll do about anything to get noticed.

5. You stop by a post office to run in and mail a letter, knowing you’ll only be inside the building for 10 seconds. To park close to the door, there are only two options: you can either park in an open handicapped space (and assume you don’t have a handicapped permit) or park illegally in the fire lane. Would you take a handicapped space, park in the fire lane, or park in a legitimate, legal space and walk?

I'd walk. What a question. The sad part is that many, many people, despite possibly not admitting it, do just those things.

6. Should police target people who use marijuana when there is no legitimate medicinal need for it?

I think drugs should be legalised.