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So, I was watching 24...

  • 30-07-2008 4:33am
    #1
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭


    And I got thinking to myself....

    Let's say, hypothetically, that your family were being held hostage, and the hostage takers demanded you do some of their dirty work to ensure their safe return.

    Let's say, you have to kill someone(of no significant importance), you have to rob a bank as well as numerous other illegal activities.

    Contacting the police is not an option.

    At the end of it all, your family is returned but you are eventually arrested.

    So, you've committed murder, theft etc etc, all to protect your family.

    Do you deserve to be punished for your crimes, do you deserve to go to prison?


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  • #2
    hussey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,240 ✭✭✭hussey


    If you are willing to murder someone for your family, then you should be willing to go to jail for them.


  • #3
    Phlann
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 827 ✭✭✭Phlann


    hussey wrote: »
    If you are willing to murder someone for your family, then you should be willing to go to jail for them.

    Eh, no.

    Killing is one thing, I could do that. Being some dude's prison-bitch is quite another.

    No thanks.


  • #4
    Xavi6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,902 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    Svae them then do a burner never to return. Life on the run ftw.


  • #5
    hussey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,240 ✭✭✭hussey


    Xavi6 wrote: »
    Svae them then do a burner never to return. Life on the run ftw.

    Lolcat


  • #6
    Naos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,738 ✭✭✭Naos


    Phlann wrote: »
    Eh, no.

    Killing is one thing, I could do that. Being some dude's prison-bitch is quite another.

    No thanks.

    I'm not too sure this happens in Ireland all that much? Never heard any reports of it anyway.

    America would be a different situation altogether.


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  • #7
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,507 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    I guess you'd be hardened enough by that stage and wouldn't necessarily end up as a prag. The court should see the mitigating circumstances and reduce your punishment by one year for every life you save.


  • #8
    thefinalstage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,503 ✭✭✭thefinalstage


    What the hell is up with the act of humping men in American prisons? Are a sizable number of prisoners gay?


  • #9
    DubTony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭DubTony


    thelastangryman wrote: »
    What the hell is up with the act of humping men in American prisons? Are a sizable number of prisoners gay?

    Nope. But after a few years of knuckle shuffling, any hole will do (and it's probably better if it wriggles around a bit).


  • #10
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    thelastangryman wrote: »
    What the hell is up with the act of humping men in American prisons? Are a sizable number of prisoners gay?
    It's only gay if you're taking it.


  • #11
    runningman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 73 ✭✭runningman


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    It's only gay if you're taking it.

    And pushing back and smiling!


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  • #12
    Frisbee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,570 ✭✭✭✭Frisbee


    Think theres a film roughly along these lines coming out soon...

    Hawk Eye


  • #13
    truecrippler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,243 ✭✭✭truecrippler


    Frisbee wrote: »
    Think theres a film roughly along these lines coming out soon...

    Hawk Eye

    I think you're thinking of the t.v. series "24". :cool:


  • #14
    qz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭qz


    Duress? Threat of serious harm to self or family? Anybody?


  • #15
    Carsinian Thau
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭Carsinian Thau


    qz wrote: »
    Duress? Threat of serious harm to self or family? Anybody?

    YES!!! *High five*


  • #16
    qz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭qz


    Yo


  • #17
    Carsinian Thau
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭Carsinian Thau


    qz wrote: »
    Yo

    So we endorse duress?

    Sweet.

    Next up. Insurance fraud.


  • #18
    kirving
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,059 ✭✭✭kirving


    That'd never happen, Jack Bauer's the hardest man on TV remember. He'd kill the kidnappersalong with about 400 arabs and disarm the bomb within the next 24 hours!


  • #19
    qwertplaywert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭qwertplaywert


    In the event of that happeneing to Jack Bauer, he would kidnap the judges family until he eventually wins. Tony Almedia just doesn't know how to play the game.


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