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We all agree that murderers should not be held in prison indefinitely at the taxpayer's expense and that gladiations are awesome.

This is where you failed.

We all agree that murderers should not be held in prison indefinitely at the taxpayer's expense and that gladiations are awesome. Therefore, I hereby propose that all convicted murders be force to become gladiators for the enjoyment of the rest of society. If you can stay alive for a certain amount of time or matches, you can be freed like in the old days.

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Nah.

I kinda had a similar idea

simply put all the criminals into Penal Regiments and have them serve on the frontline of a war

If they get killed in action, they get sent home in a box with a purple heart and remembered as dying for their country, rather than rotting in hell prison as forgotten

If they survive, and have gone crazy from the combat, then they can legally be doped up on medication for the rest of their lives at their own expense as meds are comsumer products (maybe slightly subsidised by the government)

I'd like to be a gladiator, where do i go to be one? Oh no this is the 21st century, this means i get ridiculed, ah well in the 23rd century i'll make a big comeback after. The nuclear weapons destroy all of mankind and bring about a new iceage even colder than hillary clinton. oohhh that's cold.

Put them all on an Island!

Hey, it worked for Australia, didn't it?

Put them all on an Island!

Hey, it worked for Australia, didn't it?

Australia isn't much of a prison these days......

I sorta agree with you. If they win a certain amount of fights, say their free to go... but then the deceased family's get to ambush them as they leave.

Mwuahahaha!

I agree with Wilgrove

There are plenty of lost little islands out there, many miles from anywhere, where prisoners could be dumped and left there with no chance of escape

unless the IRS want to talk to one of them, them,as the IRS always do,...they find their frigging man

This is where you failed./Threadwin :)

Somebody has been watching The Condemned a little too much.

Put them all on an Island!

Hey, it worked for Australia, didn't it?Didn't work in No Escape (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Escape), though.

Yes, let's allow those murderers who are most violent and skilled at killing to be released. :rolleyes:

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A variant of Australia solution. Put all of them in a big rocket, give well-endowed greenhouse, equip with materials, spacesuits and tools, and send them towards the Moon. We'll see experimentally what are the problems of space colonisation, plus Moon Is A Harsh Mistress live. :)

Why don't we bring back the chattel and debt slavery systems that fueled the Roman spectacles while we're at it. And let's shit this sham democracy while we're at it, and install a self-appointed cartel of old men to run the country's affairs in perpetuity. Oh, wait, we already have that one. :rolleyes:

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I hope you realise that in the "real" Rome (aka not the one i gladiator) a thumb down meant that the emperor wanted to spare the losing parts life. Therefore it should mean yes rather than no;P

We all agree that murderers should not be held in prison indefinitely at the taxpayer's expense and that gladiations are awesome. Therefore, I hereby propose that all convicted murders be force to become gladiators for the enjoyment of the rest of society. If you can stay alive for a certain amount of time or matches, you can be freed like in the old days.

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*seems to recall some sort of document that says something about rights and no cruel or unusual punishment*

Oh my god, I've been wanting this forever!

So for!


(But only if they use authentic equipment. ;) )

*seems to recall some sort of document that says something about rights and no cruel or unusual punishment*
It's neither though.

We all agree that murderers should not be held in prison indefinitely at the taxpayer's expense and that gladiations are awesome. Therefore, I hereby propose that all convicted murders be force to become gladiators for the enjoyment of the rest of society. If you can stay alive for a certain amount of time or matches, you can be freed like in the old days.

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Gladiator fighting began the long slide of roman decadance and corruption if I remember correctly. So no, bad idea, putting them to work on public projects would be better in my opinion.

Gladiator fighting began the long slide of roman decadance and corruption if I remember correctly. So no, bad idea, putting them to work on public projects would be better in my opinion.

Finally someone's makin' some sense in this "thread".

(Romans used the colosseum - along with bread - to keep the people entertained and thus ignorant of roman decadence and corruption)

Oh come on, America is already going down that slope. :P

A variant of Australia solution. Put all of them in a big rocket, give well-endowed greenhouse, equip with materials, spacesuits and tools, and send them towards the Moon. We'll see experimentally what are the problems of space colonisation, plus Moon Is A Harsh Mistress live. :)
Damn! The expense!
It's neither though.

Wrong.

My plan was to drop violent criminals in the Arctic with regular food drops (to attract the polar bears) and we televise it as a new reality show.

sounds like it would make a great new series of 'Survivor'

sounds new and fun "Survivor Antarctica"

Killing 2 birds with 1 stone sounds cool but has anyone ever killed 2 birds with 1 puppy? I propose that any prisoner who can kick a puppy off a bridge and hit 2 birds with it be released into exile on the planet of Australia.

But I would be for this in all seriousness, just so long as the released cons would end up in Australia. Blood sports, hells yeah!