ProfessorPlum
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Wed Mar-28-07 12:11 PM
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Metaphysical question: If someone can't remember committing a crime, are they guilty? |
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Because it seems to me we are going to have an awful lot of convicted GOP amnesiacs pretty soon.
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Wed Mar-28-07 12:13 PM
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1. Isn't there a drug they give to PTSD victims that wipes their memories? |
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Perhaps Republicans are lining up for shots?
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Wed Mar-28-07 12:18 PM
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2. I've never heard of that sort of shot. |
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But the rampant *selective amnesia* the Bush Regime suffers from must also be the only illness that occurs solely in political parties. :sarcasm:
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Wed Mar-28-07 12:51 PM
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7. if you actually know of such a drug, PLEASE let those of us working with PTSD victims know about it- |
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would certainly have made my job easier these last 35 years.
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Wed Mar-28-07 12:18 PM
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3. If they are a CON, of course not. |
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Wed Mar-28-07 12:20 PM
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5. maybe not, but they should be institutionalized because they are potentially dangerous to themselves |
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Wed Mar-28-07 12:30 PM
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6. They still performed the act |
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Wed Mar-28-07 12:53 PM
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cheated on his wife, lived with a gay couple, and was pro-abortion but then changed his mind and was forgiven-wouldn't he be okay to be president?
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Wed Mar-28-07 01:02 PM
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9. Many people commit crimes while under the influence |
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of alcohol and can't remember. I think they should still be held responsible. Even more so for public officials, because hopefully they weren't drunk when they committed their crimes and were totally conscious.
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