Beefy's Corner - The Off-Topic Chat Thread

Unfortunately they are eligible for parole after they've served half their sentences.

 

I don't agree with the death penalty in any way but stories like that really make me question my beliefs sometimes.

 

With you there. Don't support the death sentence, but wouldn't care if he tripped down some stairs in prison. As for the mothers...they are even worse (if that is possible).

 

Pretty much. If he died I'd hardly be mourning, but it's not the place of the state to be putting people down. This isn't the kind of crime that would carry a death sentence anyway.

 

But at least in the States he would be facing life without parole.

 

I think sentences are out of sync with what normal people think. A monster like this will never be safe to release. It's the same with repeat rapists and murderers. Benefit of the doubt should be with public safety not the human rights of deviants. There is a world of difference between such criminals and a person who kills a family member in anger or by accident.

 

If anyone is interested, you can read the full Ian Watkins judgement: http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resources/JCO/Documents/Judgments/r-v-watkins-and-others.pdf

Needless to say there's some pretty upsetting stuff in there.

EDIT: Okay very upsetting. Extreme discretion advised etc.

 

So I won a free pair of 'unique' shoes online, the only catch being I wouldn't know what they were like until they came.

I bought a pair from the same company three weeks ago, but only because the ones I really liked weren't available.

Anyway, long story short, the mystery shoes arrived today, and they're the ones I really liked, albeit with a minor difference.

Happy days!

 

Amazing luck! I've never won a competition in my life :|

 

Isn't it just! I'd never won anything before either! One of those 'send us a tweet and we'll pick someone at random' competitions.

They're one-offs which is quite nice (presuming they actually are...), and they'd normally set me back about £100.

The only difference is that instead of a white sole with a black trainer, they're red soles. Looks pretty good though.

 

I won a large beach umbrella once, so these comps aren't all fake.

 

Won a Nintendo Game Cube a few years back.

 

That certainly was graphic. For those who don't wish to read the nasty details, it's at least worth skipping to the last couple of paragraphs so you can see exactly how they determined the length of the sentence.

 

I am playing football tonight. In these conditions:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2633858

Oh **** it.

 

How absolutely delightful for you.

 

Did start to wonder at one stage if people were pre-selected as winners, say, people smaller firms knew or whatever.

Apparently not so!

 

Can I borrow it for when I play football tonight?

 

You have to buy a ticket first...............

 

What did they do? Say "boo"!

 

You won't believe the billions I've thrown in the bin. Every year, without fail, I win the Readers Digest Whatever-it-is Competition. It's amazing. I'm such a twerp for not collecting my winnings.