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He thought he'd get life in prison, but the judge gave him a 2-ear maximum sentence.
Boooooo! Upvoted, but still: Booooo!
If this punishment is so cruel, why haven't I heard about it?
There were warnings, but they fell on deaf ears.
This whole thread is ringing true.
No, it's not. Bassless claims like these can get you in a lot of treble.
Just had a thought, this might make a good premise for a Black Mirror episode. A new controversial new punishment system for the convicted: you lose one or more of your senses depending on the severity of your crime.
And gamify it.
"Does the convicted have anything to say before the state carries out the sentence of deafness... or do you want to spin the Big Wheel of Sentences to see if you only lose the ability to taste?"
[Audience starts yelling "Spin the Wheel!!" while the defendant's lawyer is yelling "Noo, you might go blind, or lose another sense too!"]
There was an manga/anime like this. I think it was dead man's wonderland or something like that.
Basically they were special powered freaks in jail for life that had to fight each other, the loser spins a wheel for which body part they'd lose ranging from limbs to organs to hair or nails.
I mean, they gotta incentivize them to choose the wheel by adding a couple of positive outcomes, too.
With the improving technology it can even be temporary if needed.
Technology? Perpetual one day blind stew has been around for decades.
Deadman wonderland. Is the anime of this premise
But is it new?
The disappearance of Willy Bingham is a 12min short film like this - it is a interesting watch
Not exactly the same, but one episode removes the protagonist's ability to see and hear people. They're all pixelated and their voices muffled.
WHAT?
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I can hear this comment
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Scrolled too far to see this
Meep. Meep. Meep.
I mean it's kind of medieval, but that's a punishment that would likely stop a fair amount of crimes šš³
I'm not going to say deterrence is useless, but it only works to a point.
If someone isn't deterred by the threat of losing their freedom for years, or potentially their life, I'm not sure why you think the threat of maiming them is going to make a difference.
A lot of criminals don't have the foresight to consider the consequences of their actions, don't think they'll get caught, or just don't care.
Yes, but also, many people have fears worse than death.
You can go on /meirl/ and tons of people will talk about dying, but none of them would be nearly as happy to, say, lose their right hand.
If we want to be serious about stopping a fair amount of crimes two policies could eliminate the vast majority of it. 1) Implement Universal Basic Income this would eliminate almost all theft, muggings, burglary within just a couple months of all people having funds and housing 2) Stop the war on drugs and legalize all the drugs, sell and tax them just like alcohol, use a small percentage of that gigantic income boost to set up mental health and addiction treatment and wellness centers.
Sooo sell the addicting drugs, but then also sell therapy for the addiction to the drugs...that sounds like something the government would do already lol
While I agree some of them being made legal and taxed would be a big income boost, I don't think making, say cocaine or fentanyl legal and sold at store would be a good idea. Unless you're severely watering them down, which kind of defeats the purpose of being used
I don't think more corporal punishment is the solution.
Deterrence is driven by the probability of getting caught, not sentence length or even the death penalty. Lots of research has backed that up.
I think deterrence isnāt the idea. Itās more about crippling their ability to commit future crimes but still allowing them to somewhat function in society. Itās very hard to execute this properly.
this would do the literal opposite
I would say impossible. If someone is fit to work, they're fit enough to do crimes.
Also, human decency to not maim or cripple people, but I guess that ship has sailed.
I mean, death sentence is hardly a sentence. You're dead. It's not your problem anymore.
Meh weāve tried it before. Cutting off hands, execution for the lightest offenses. Read up on the ābloody codesā of England or look into the history of how Australia was founded. You can kill, maim, exile all you want, it barely has any more effect on crime than a light prison sentence.
Yeah most criminals are too stupid to even comprehend or think about consequences. It's won't deter people that don't even think about it
It's also because most crime is either due to desperation or "passion". If you're starving, you don't really care if stealing bread will get you a prison sentence or death, you're slowly dying either way. If you're enraged enough to kill your wife for cheating or something like that, you're not thinking about the consequences anyway in the heat of the moment.
It is a pretty small minority of criminals that are in the position to do risk calculations for their actions.
As things get worse and times get tougher there will be more and more Italian's with nice eyebrows either calculating the punishment as worth it or that the statement behind their actions is worth the punishment.
When the laws of a country don't align with the morals of the people then there's more being considered than just getting caught and the punishment.
You know? That's an interesting concept. Instead of killing a person for their crimes (permanently ending them), remove some of their agency (permanently).
Out of all of those I can think of, I think Deafness is the one that requires the least specialization. Leaving someone blind, without legs, hands or mute, requires some specialization to do, and requires long lasting aftercare for their recovery.
Since I'm not someone to implement it in the real world, I'd write it as the following in some novel: people have the choice to, instead of facing the death penalty, choose to lose one of the most important aspects of their bodies.
... And then you have a Mafia boss who only has his left hand left. Can't see, can't hear, can't walk on his own, and can only write, sign, and read braille for communication.
Ahhh like the ding ding chap from breaking bad!
I guess Chemical castration is the closest thing we have in the real world atm where we remove a bodily function..
Plenty of places still amputate hands for stealing
You are right. I thought they stopped doing that at a state level
"Take his fuukin eyes!"
And why hasn't the Mafia boss been couped yet?
Because he's boss not out of power only, but out of respect.
Those who are close to him follow his ideals so closely they'd be OK with laying their lives for him. They are the most loyal of loyals.
Of course, the Mafia boss lost his sight last, knows he must retire, and will probably assign his position to one of his closest members very soon.
Leaving someone blind, without legs, hands or mute, requires some specialization to do, and requires long lasting aftercare for their recovery.
Why is specialization something scarce? If you're a government, you better have specialized people on hand for whatever punishment you're going to deliver
It's scarce because it's expensive to train a whole team to take the legs or arms off of someone and them not dying due to complications in the following 2-8 months.
It's scarce because people who know how to do it probably won't want to do it.
You need at least 3 (but usually 5 or 6) very specialized and multidisciplinary doctors to perform the operation, and at least 2 (but usually also 5, multidisciplinary) nurses to tend the patient over 2 months, instead of just 1 not very specialized MD to tell you the guy's dead after the person's been shot or electrocuted.
Edit: word made no sense on p2
I mean, when you have the resources of a whole government, that shouldn't be too hard.
It is! 80 bil on prison system, 30k op and 250k post op for chopping a leg. Taking a lower estimate of 200k per operation and post operation care, and only half of the 2k yearly death sentence people, you'd be spending 200 million only on this.
Compared to the 80 billion, it seems little, but it's actually humongous when it's such a low % of the prison population
Medieval would be if they used a screwdriver to turn you deaf, not music.
There's a wikipedia page on political mutilations within the Byzantine culture.
Deaf and blind
Ban the Deaf Penalty! It should not be aloud!
New fear unlocked.
Seriously, I already have multiple ear issues, this would have me begging for death before the flip.
āā¦what?ā
They dont have ears tho
2nd offence.
'Bout to blast some Def Leppard.
Funny, but I would have laughed harder if they didnāt have hearing protection..
Judge Tyson, could you repeat the sentence?
Stop electing cockney judges.
They shoulda checked with Wesley before messing with his hearing! Donāt they know this dude needs to be able to hear babies and women cry at the sight of him?
Kublai Khan would go so hard on this sound system
The making of the bass cannon music video?
I would not wish tinnitus on anyone
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
Canāt wait for the speakers wall to start playing deaf metal
š¶Let the boobies hit the floorš¶
š¶Let the boobies hit the floorš¶
Sounds almost as good as deaf by snu snu
Rave penalty...
"They said "let it go" ". Blasts frozen.
I wish I could see this. I'm blind
Maybe they meant Def as in Def Jam records.
Amazing work! I follow you on Instagram. Big fan!
if its loud enough it sure will be a death penalty
If you're in London, they certainly did, innit?
Muted
As someone with tinnitus, I think I'd rather be dead.
Man, that judge really had a *sound* argument for the lighter sentence. Guess the defendant's luck finally turned a *decibel* in his favor.
"Unveil the welcome sign for the extraterrestrials!"
*unveils a huge "ERF"*
They were wrong. It was depth penalty
Thereās a scene in the show White Lines of this happening!
Death by SunnO))) Edit :sorry, deaf by SunnO)))
"Are we sure they said 'Turd Hole Soup?'"
These mix ups gotta be something that always happenš
That's funny š
Bob Vylan would like a word
This shit right here brother?? Itās called deaf
No way that guard heard the other guard. PULL THE LEVER!!!
"Good question. Let's turn it on and go ask someone to verify."
UK English
If maxell made a torture device
The Judge speaks in a Cockney accent.
Isn't there actually a decibel/pressure level that would absolutely result in rupturing of vitals/membranes? Youwould go deaf and then...death.
I'm no expert, but it's rarely the explosion that kills people but the concussive force caused by said explosion. So presumably there is a loud enough sound.
Really only needs the second panel
If you can cut out the first panel of your comic and the joke still works, you should.
Yeah, they could have said Deff penalty.
This is terrible.
"Who are you ?"
"I am Death"
"Oh sorry, WHO ARE YOU ?"
Plays: Morning Glory
Looks like a motorhead concert with all those speakers lol
Remember.. music is a weapon
- revolutionX!
Sabotage cued up and ready, sir!
Kinda tonedeaf imo
in due time that may kill them as well
In some local British accents, they pronounce the sounce th as f.. so birthday could sound like birfday. It is called th-fronting
Judge could been British.
I'm not a native english speaker, and while I can make the th sound, it's just sometimes harder than just using an F or V... Although I try to use the TH to actually learn it whenever I do speak english
Yuh
the other guy should have replied with "WHAT?"
In the 90's, I would pay 20 bucks plus the cost of a couple ecstasy pills to sit in that chair.
This is why it takes a while to triple-check before sending my draft.
Plot twist: it's actually "def"
WHAT!
WHAT?
High intensity sounds can kill. Anything over 185 dB can cause organ damage leading to death.
āBut Iāve already loaded the THX intro MP3 file, weāre ready to goā
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Like far side but less concise and worse art
A fate worse than deaf
Mute
Blonde
Blonde. James blonde.
Call a blondulance. Bames Nond is having a stronk.
Licence to thrill
"I'll have a Martin, shaken not stirred"
I meant blind
Blonde is worse
James Blind
"eh, who's there? Is that you bartender? I'll have a martini, shaken but not stirred"
No you didn't
OH NO NOT THE BLONDE!
lol epic
Being mute has its issues but being mute is better then being deaf.
I dunno about that. I've heard deaf people can still get tinnitus. I use music to drown it out when I sleep, I think I'd go nuts without it.
tinnitus is nothing. I know a guy who when it gets quiet enough exclusively hears baby shark.
Dear God. The horror..
Warden: "How did the execution go?"
Guard: "He was blown away."
Lol made me chuckle
Funny story, I'm deaf in one ear and only have tinnitus in that ear. Can confirm.
After my cochlear implant surgery, my left ear became completely deaf and I also developed tinnitus. At first, I thought I could still hear, but the constant ringing was especially frustrating when trying to fall asleep. So yes, you can get tinnitus when you go deaf, itās a real thing. Thankfully, over the years itās improved significantly, and I didnāt end up needing therapy for it.
I also get tinnitus when it's too quiet
I'm not deaf but do have sensorineural hearing loss in one ear and tinnitus in the same ear. That ear can hear some frequencies but not others. When I was diagnosed, the ENT explained that my brain is essentially filling in the frequencies that it no longer gets from my ear.
WHAT?!
Deaf Row
This confirms that it was indeed on deaf row.
Knew it was crackermilk before I even clicked haha
That's hard to hear.
Only if they are playing baby shark
WHAT