patrickcurl

I'd cut off my left pinky for hmm... 750,000... it's only a pinky, and I could invest and live off the interest.

Personally I believe that justice and capital punishment should be used when absolutely necessary, and to curb bad behaviour inherent in society in general.When people hurt other people they deserve to be punished. On the other hand, I believe people who haven't physically hurt another person shouldn't be imprisoned at all, for instance non-violent drug offenders. And on the other hand, I believe people like sex offenders should have their offending member removed(ie castration), and I believe thieves should have something of them stolen - an arm or a leg(depending on the seriousness of the theft). Whether or not it stops the bad behavior you only have so many arms and legs, and when they're all gone you can't very well rob a liquor store.I think it just makes sense as it will be a constant reminder of their actions, but once you cut off their finger, hand, etc, send them on their way, this way our tax dollars won't be wasted on the criminal system.I think the strict punishments would also help to deter the bad behavior. Of course some leniency could be taken with first time offenders, or juveniles.

This is definitely a cool innovation, perhaps it will repairs microsoft's bad rep after the whole vista fiasco. (eh, I hate vista).

My favorite book would be the Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind, I just finally finished the series (The last book was released 11/13/07.) The last book was a little rushed after everything building up to the climax, but overall the suspense was extremely high through all 11 books.I'm definitely looking forward to more Goodkind novels.Another great book series, of course is Narnia, I actually read it for the first time this past year, and it is obviously aimed at a younger audience, but the messages and themes are extremely deep and I love his mesh of mythology, and christianity.

I have so many faves, it's hard to pick just one... I'd have to say though that the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, would have to be the epitomy of awesome.I remember thinking after seeing the Return of the King, that this was it. I've seen it all, I felt like my whole movie-going life had come to an end, because nothing new would ever be able to compare.