I remember that. That was wild and sparked my interest into cults
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MAGA is an interesting cult. Any advice on how we can destroy that one?
The solution to a Local Cult is the National Police.
Therefore:
The solution to a National Cult is an International Police?
European World Police - North America Division? 🤔
(Europe, pls send help)
Oh boy. Gonna have to see a supermassive Waco go down, huh?
"Yeah, cults are really fun, but I have a sixth sense about when the fun is over. You know, when there's gonna be an FBI raid or mass sooey, or blend up beavers and put it in the town's water supply."
~Francine Smith
It is wild to see a TIL about something you saw on TV as a kid and remember being referenced multiple times over the years. Not a diss on OP, just a realization that fuck I am and old person now.
Lol, I wasn't even born 😅
And nobody ever told me about this
lol, I scrolled down here to post the same. TIL I'm old.
I highly recommend Haruki Murakami’s “Underground”, which is a non-fiction work where he compiles stories from the survivors and those who responded.
I remember it happening and learning about it, but I didn’t fully understand Aum or japans culture.
Balloons, Umbrellas, and Doctors. Not the best combo
@IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol For those interested: ‘Underground’, Murakami’s dive into the abyss afterwards, is bone chilling good.
In other words, after attack, the perpetrators got to live another 23 years
That's the dilemma with legal proceedings.
If we want everyone to have a fair trial and allow appeals process, things take too long.
But if we allow things to be rushed, innocent people could get executed.
Innocent people still get murdered by the state. Just look at Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Plus throw Georgia in there.
That's why the death penalty is abhorrent. Even one innocent person murdered by the state is too high of a cost to bear.
Which doesn't mean we should make it so more innocent people die.
by hanging? what year is this
Tbh the way they've arranged the actual execution doesn't sound too bad at all. Quick and painless. The worst part (or best, depending on who you ask) of the capital punishment in Japan is the fact the they never tell the prisoners the date of the execution, so they spend years, even decades in prison waiting for their final day until on the day itself they get know it's their last one. That's way more brutal than the hanging imho.
Chemicals are expensive and electricity bills are also high, a rope is the cheapest.
Japan doesn't have the "no cruel and unusual punishment" clause in their constitution... so... ➰️💀
Except chemicals aren't "uncruel" and neither is the electric chair. The only difference is the spectacle for the viewers. The person sufferring doesn't "go out without pain" or anything.