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2. If it helps or not... the results can't really be measured.  It is pretty frequented after all...

No, seriously, stuff like that does exactly jack except polarize where polarization isn't going to help. It pisses off the people it's targeted it against and helps fuel poor impressions from everyone else. It does nothing good. The most that I can see coming from it is self-aggrandizement from people that already hold the same opinion.

If you want to bring attention to injustice, actual accounts of injustice is going to do more than an asshole ranting, especially in the manner and style that one did. He/she/it touched on such, but that kind of thing doesn't need more than the act itself to be seen in a poor light.

Most of the stuff I could say approaches genuinely useful is near the bottom, after most folks that kind of thing could help are already going to have turned off their willingness to listen.

I'll admit, though, that that kind of approach to presenting opinions and enacting social change is something that just gets under my skin. I've never seen it do anything except get people derailed into pointless character attacks on each other or similar sorts of bullshit. It's something we could really stand to frakking stop if we're going to do anything meaningful

3. It is basically a blog.  Hence, he put down his opinion.

Chairman P, not the fellow at the other end of link. P had good intentions

Applesauce cooked into (as a/part of a marinade or glaze) ham is delicious. I haven't actually tried applesauce as a, well, sauce, though.

The way most porkchops are cooked, though, I could see the textures interfering, and the sort of applesauce would matter, too. The thought of cinnamon applesauce with porkchop makes me salivate a little. Ham or bacon is a different story, though. Not as much texture clash.

E: Don't think I've had tonkatsu sauce before. Will have to pick some up, if they offer it nearby. Looks similar to a fairly thick teriyaki sauce I was fond of and can't find anymore.

Yeah, something about appreciating the unaltered state of the dish, which is understandable to a certain degree. I've always been taught to at least taste it without additives before going about changing things to preference.

Banana pudding on spiral ham is very good. Syrup (especially maple, but cane does just a well) or honey (Especially on dryer meats, with the latter) can be added to most meats and improve the flavor (if used lightly, of course! Basting, marinating, etc.). Soy or teriyaki sauce makes almost anything that'd be improved by salt even better. The list goes on~

Syrup mixed with ketchup makes most sausage taste really good.

... there actually is a battletech animated series. I've never seen it, though, and have no idea how good it is.

A more modern take on it could be pretty nice, though. Mostly, though, just something that treated giant robots more like war machines and less like a way to make really big people with missiles f'tits attached would be really nice.

Nah, it has been proven to work.
It doesn't work very well, but it still works to some degree, although there are far better and more effective means to reduce criminal activity.

Ah, sorry, I guess I should have been more clear. From what I remember (fairly well, it's only been a few months) that kind of action doesn't actually have much impact on the sort of crimes Monkey was talking about; child molestation, rape, murder, etc. Generally threat of punishment, even great punishment, doesn't even register to the folks committing that sort of act (especially when they're crimes of passion, not premeditation.). There certainly isn't (or wasn't, again, a few months ago) enough statistical correlation to even remotely support it as a viable and effective means to deal with the crimes themselves.

It might work in a few isolated cases (This is what we call an outlier, folks~), but that's (terrifyingly) insufficient for moral justification (And we've got problems if we're basing our justice system off something else.). By that same sort of reasoning, it'd be a good idea to murder literally everyone, because it'd prevent a few crimes. After all, mass murder prevents crimes, right? Bound to kill a few (eventually) guilty folks in there, sooner or later.

... but I'll stop now, I think. I've seen this argument gone over a couple times on this board already

I always thought the justice and prison system should be more about prevention rather then punishment. I reckon crime would drop if you had televised executions for the worst criminals, Like child molesters and rapists. Make it into a game show. or something like gladiators or takeshi's castle.
"I'm sorry the correct answer is ohio. HANG HIM."

I'm joking of course, but still, If you want to threaten people into being nice you gatta use BIG threats.

Yeah, that doesn't actually work. They've checked with, yanno', years and years of research. Be nice (in a sense) if it did, because then we'd have a fairly straightforward way of going about it.

Back to the candidacy stuff. Anything particularly mindbogglingly ridiculous happen in the last day or so?

Two WTF's at work today. First, finding a three legged hamster with no wounds which means it came in like that. As amusing as the little fella is she should have been sent back.

That's my WTF of the day, actually. Sent back, uh, where? And how?

I'm getting this mental image of something kinda' deadpan stuffing a three legged hamster into a box (or perhaps envelope) and sticking it back in the mailbox. Possibly with 'return to sender' stamped somewhere on it.