Pun aside, this I've done. I could even hear the worms chewing during especially quiet moments. We put cherry slabs under clear plastic in the sun, then peeled the bark and smashed the larva with mallets. Not sure why my boss didn't want to use borax.
I think we can mostly all agree on "paying" the debt to society. I put that in quotes because I don't think we're taking about fines which make it the cost of doing business for those in an upper income level. I think we both agree we're talking about punishments for serious crimes.
With voting, I don't think it should be taken away at all from citizens. We should have a say in our representation even if we have violated a law. I can't think of any reason to take away voting rights as payment for a crime, can you? It's been used to control and disenfranchise minority populations since it's implementation. It continues to encourage systemic racism
If I understand the first part correctly, you don't think they should have the right to vote (the right to representation) if they haven't fully repaid their debt to society? Why not?
Edit: What I'm getting at is why even strip the right to vote to begin with? What purpose does that serve?
The invasion of Afghanistan saw a (iirc) 900% increase in poppy production. This was after reports of how they would work with farmers to reduce production.
Drug control isn't about suppression; it's about control. The opium wars emphasize that. Look at the countries that banned it, but then turned around and produced/bought and sold it to other countries for profit and societal destabilization.
I've never been asked if about prior drug use in connection with buying a firearm. Is it normal to ask that? Or is it something that isn't asked about and happens to be obscurely illegal?
I'd talk to my oldest. Talk about the times that we both remember fondest. Tell him I'm going to do everything to make him happy and keep him comfortable. As much as I want to say that I want to work out a signal for when he's ready, that's not how it works. That's not compassion.
Today is the fourth anniversary of my dad's passing. I was blessed to have the time that hospice gave us, to spend last moments, to say goodbye. The grief afterwards has taught me that grief is grief. There's no measuring between types of grief or between people. It hits in unexpected ways and it hurts. The grief of Dad hasn't gone away, it's just gotten easier to carry. The waves of it still crash on my shores, but most days it's more of a tidal wash. I know I'm going to go through another storm when it's time for my oldest, but I know that it will make me a better person to embrace it and work through why it hurts so much, why and how much I love him. Sharing that vulnerability has brought me closer to my friends. Sharing it with others has been (however counterintuitively) self empowering.
This is similar to what I thought in response when I read the question, "I created my own job. Perks!" I don't have to come in early and found I really enjoy working in the middle of the night. All kinds of freedoms, but also all the responsibility. I also found I'm not that great at wearing all of the hats, but that's just part of personal growth.
To back up your point but also clarify, the woman with the McDonald's coffee initially offered to settled for 20k, but McDonald's wouldn't offer more than $800. The jury awarded her $3mil. It was later reduced but then settled confidentially. McDonald's did (as you point out) produce a major smear campaign against her and completely downplayed her injuries. iirc, her the injuries included third degree burns, fusion of labia to her thigh, and multiple skin grafts. The more you learn about it, the worse it gets. We were all brainwashed into thinking it was poster child for frivolous lawsuits.
https://www.caoc.org/?pg=facts
Pun aside, this I've done. I could even hear the worms chewing during especially quiet moments. We put cherry slabs under clear plastic in the sun, then peeled the bark and smashed the larva with mallets. Not sure why my boss didn't want to use borax.