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Originally Posted by jinx
Maybe you're just not that smart...
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Yeah, well, I'm just not smart enough to sit around seaching the web for neurochemical excuses for violent behavior, claiming it's a marker for intelligence.
Sorry to disappoint...we can't all live on the edge; it'd break off. :-)
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Originally Posted by Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash"
These days, most states are franchulates or Burbclaves, much too small to have anything like a jail, or even a judicial system. So when someone does something bad, they try to find quick and dirty punishments, like flogging, confiscation of property, public humiliation, or, in the case of people who have a high potential of going on to hurt others, a warning tattoo on a prominent body part. POOR IMPULSE CONTROL. Apparently, this guy went to such a place and lost his temper real bad.
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