All those who question the sanity of my decrees or the truth of my Dhamma will be subject to execution by sharks with freaking lasers on their heads.
I live Sadhamma and only bring Sadhamma to this world.
If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan Chah@Smiling: Well you glorify the executions and it all works out. That Jesus guy had a religious following. Plus in our bloodsports the "contestants" would have their faces hidden somehow so that they get no fame, no glory. No matter who they are the public merely sees more criminal scum dying for their amusement.
Through the eyes I have known you.Hey if the public really wants to break the law and find out the hard way what happens to criminals, then let them. They see the bad guys get arrested and put away, and they see convicts die for the amusement of others. It's a pretty good deterrent.
edited 22nd Aug '11 3:02:52 AM by imojee
Through the eyes I have known you.We didn't make them wait for years before, and there has never been historical precedent for capital punishment constituting an effective criminal deterrent.
Bear in mind that US is one of the few countries with a lengthy processing time for the death sentence: in China, not so much. Not working out so great there either.
Play Again? Y/NI really don't want to get in a debate about the legal ethics of crime and punishment, but you can't seriously implement legislation that prescribes equal punishment for different levels of crime.
If anything, this will encourage people to commit heavier crimes, because big or small, they still stand to lose the same. If I'm desperate enough to steal a loaf of bread by risking capital punishment, I might just risk robbing a bank instead: the stakes are equally as high.
edited 22nd Aug '11 3:21:13 AM by zeroplusalpha
Play Again? Y/NSee the great thing about an evil empire is that ethics don't matter. Hell we don't even have to have set rules for what crime gets what punishment. Maaaaybe you'll get your legs sawed off, maaaaybe you'll be killed. Hell if we wanted, we could just spin the wheel of punishment for lower criminals. Best part is though we have fewer repeat offenders, and we don't have to give food and housing to people for years on end.
Through the eyes I have known you.What I'm describing is a police state that has fun with punishing criminals. Plus, what are the rebels going to offer? Overthrow us and create a power vacuum? Bread and circuses all the way for us, the people won't want anything else because as long as they play by the rules, we're giving them the best they've gotten and the best they can hope to get.
Through the eyes I have known you.I'm under the impression that many an empire fell shortly after asking precisely that question...
Play Again? Y/N

Revenge is actively encouraged and supported within my empire. Know what else can't hold a grudge and act on it? Just about anything else that isn't human. Assert your position as the dominant species, take revenge!
Coincidentally, revenge agencies will be very common.
edited 22nd Aug '11 12:40:08 AM by imojee
Through the eyes I have known you.