Lorne: Back in Pylea they used to call me "sweet potato." Connor: Really. Lorne: Yeah, well, the exact translation was "fragrant tuber" but…

'Conviction (1)'


Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


msbelle - Sep 08, 2006 5:04:41 pm PDT #6976 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

it's nasty, it's disrespectful, and in virtually all cultures at least the eating of has been seen as socially and legally unacceptable.

I am gonna operate without hard facts linked to and I'm not gonna look for them, but I think that in Western Society, at least, sex has been a heavily restricted by laws for all sorts of things. Makes at least historic sense that it would be in this case.

Do I care if people do it, not really sure, but I am not sure I'd want to be part of a society that said it was ok.

Since I doubt the jails are clogged up because of either of these crimes, I'm good with them being on the books.


brenda m - Sep 08, 2006 5:06:29 pm PDT #6977 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Check to be sure, but I believe that getting switched to third shift (and to a far location) is one of those things where you can quit and still get unemployment. But you have to do it fairly quickly.


Laura - Sep 08, 2006 5:07:57 pm PDT #6978 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

Kalshane, what Nora said, so well.

Cashmere, I'm so sorry. Unreal. He is so lucky that you have his back.

Ignoring sex with corpse discussion.

Poor msbelle. I hope tomorrow is more comfortable. Ick.

Tired. Feet up. Watching SciFi. Loving that I don't have to get up early tomorrow. Whee!


Cashmere - Sep 08, 2006 5:10:21 pm PDT #6979 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Ignoring sex with corpse discussion.

Me, too.

I'm calmer now that I've had bread pudding. Bread pudding always makes things better.

It doesn't feel like Friday night to me. It feels more Saturday night.


sarameg - Sep 08, 2006 5:11:12 pm PDT #6980 of 10001

msbelle needs to watch trainwreck teevee and enjoy relaxing and sleep a lot and do stuff that makes her all mellow and shit.


Cashmere - Sep 08, 2006 5:12:09 pm PDT #6981 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Bread pudding. IJS.


§ ita § - Sep 08, 2006 5:15:49 pm PDT #6982 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

sex has been a heavily restricted by laws for all sorts of things

Yeah. And not always for the best.

Look, I'm not some sort of fun with corpses advocate. There's a sliding scale in my head which has things like polygamy on it too that are not for me, and looked askance at by society, yet I just don't see the point of them being illegal. Sex with corpses is way out on the ick end, with polygamy at the shrug end.

That's the sum of it. Ick isn't enough for me to want to prosecute.


dcp - Sep 08, 2006 5:16:31 pm PDT #6983 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Green aurora over Lake Superior: [link]

Weird but beautiful.


Kalshane - Sep 08, 2006 5:18:52 pm PDT #6984 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Thing is, if I just up and quit, I'll put one of my co-workers in the same position I'm in now, and I don't want to screw them over like that. But yes, resume is going to be worked on on Monday. At least, once I leave here this morning, I won't have to be back here until Wednesday night (barring maybe showing up at the local office Monday afternoon for the scheduling meeting.) I'll have plenty of time to get sleep, update my resume and do some job hunting on Monday and Tuesday (I've already got plans on Saturday and Sunday, otherwise they would also be used for that as well.)


Strega - Sep 08, 2006 5:21:43 pm PDT #6985 of 10001

My comment was offered to show the state does not keep itself out of things where the only damange done is mental anguish.

And my point is that, as far as I know, it does. A crime must occur. You can then sue for additional damages for mental suffering. You can't sue for mental damages if whatever you're upset by was completely legal.

If I understand, you're saying 1) it's illegal to have sex with corpses, and as a result 2) people can sue for mental anguish if it happens. Which is true as far as it goes, but you then seem to argue that 3) since people can sue for mental anguish if it happens, it should be illegal. That's circular.