On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 09:59:47 -0500, "Robert Swinney"
wrote the following:

Strap sez:

"You assume too much, sir. Things like that would be entirely lost on
illiterates and illegal aliens, 2 groups which make up a sizable
portion of the criminal population."

Right on Strap! The criminal element is not deterred by laws. They got here by ignoring laws.
They only understand examples made of themselves.

Red Rivulets Rule, Right, Swiney?
(after the pink mist flyeth)

Alas, 'tis only a pleasant dream.

Maybe if the rest of the states adopted Utah's firing squad
techniques...

--
It's also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that's
sitting right here right now, with its aches and its pleasures, is
exactly what we need to be fully human, fully awake, fully alive.
-- Pema Chodron