tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313223710520340489.post672465028748031453..comments2023-10-05T03:21:01.111-07:00Comments on Gary's Reflections: A Discussion about Capital Punishment, Sat. November 20thGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127150580464728255noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313223710520340489.post-62940653839269241942010-11-20T06:36:31.860-08:002010-11-20T06:36:31.860-08:00About the death penalty; Why agonize over it? The ...About the death penalty; Why agonize over it? The final punishment has always been part of civilization. California just needs to abolish it. California likes to roll that way, I suppose. <br /><br />The oldest society, China, seems to have it down right. They execute <em>Bankers</em> for failing in their duties. They shoot the perp and then send a bill to the family for the bullet. <br /><br />I think it's great that they got to try some old champagne, Clicquot is awesome stuff. But the pretentious wine snobs never fail to amuse me. WTF is a chantelle or a linden blossom, and how doe ewe know how they taste?<br /><br />Now, if that educated wine taster had said, "Hmmm, a gravelly mouth feel with a slight aroma of badgers bung and a heavy finish of skunk pith...". Now, that might have impressed me more. I can conjure that image right away in my feeble ganglion!Barco Sin Vela IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621907771132379553noreply@blogger.com