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rosie
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The only thing that makes this talk frusterating, is that there is NO WAY to confine ANYONE.  *sigh* |
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Rachael Blackgaard
Thinks She Can Outsmart the Admins
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Location: XY coordinates Classified
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh crud, now we have a jail. This city is going down the tubes! We may need to relocate to a more villainous relocation... |
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rosie
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Throws rachel blackgaard in prison. Sentence: life |
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Coralfish
Town Hall Judge
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Location: Southern Academia
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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Well I'd have to agree that, apart from our self proclaimed "Town Villain", crime seems to be at a minimum around here yet, not knowing what exactly it is that constitutes a crime, I will remain undecided as to the need for a prison.
Interesting idea though, I'll give that one credit....  |
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Jared
Cute and Cuddly
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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If ex post facto laws weren't prohibited by the Constitution, I'd suggest that picking the name Hawkeye be made a crime.
As things stand, perhaps the use of such name could be criminalized? |
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rosie
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| Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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You are absolutely right. Bring him to me, I have a cell waiting.
ex post facto.... wha?? |
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turtle_dove
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| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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 ???what??? |
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Tim Peterson
Official English Police
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The services of the esteemed Google have provided a suitable answer, found here.
| Quote: | | Latin for "from a thing done afterward." Ex post facto is most typically used to refer to a law that applies retroactively, thereby criminalizing conduct that was legal when originally performed. Two clauses in the US Constitution prohibit ex post facto laws: Art 1, § 9 and Art. 1 § 10. |
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rosie
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| Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Do you want to tell me what THAT means now? |
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Zaphod Beeblebrox
President of the Galaxy
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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| rosie wrote: | | Do you want to tell me what THAT means now? |
You can't penalize someone for having done something that used to be legal. For example, if we made making long posts a crime, we couldn't punish Jared unless he kept doing it. You also might have been able to guess what it means by looking at Jared's phrase "ex post facto":
Post means "after." Everyone knows that. Facto looks like the word (:: gasp ::) fact. "post facto" = "after (the) fact"?
Just food for thought. |
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