i'm quite sure Howie was joking...

were you recalling Quaker history when you wrote that?
... it's funny how every  prison inmate knows that Quakers invented prisons
but not many know that before they did it was commonplace for people to be
hung for stealing a loaf of bread or the like. These days Quakers are more
likely to be found working to find alternatives to incarceration...

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-----Original Message-----
From: William H. Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 2:33 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Lindh pleads guilty, won't receive life in prison


Methinks this situation is a bit different...

It's one thing to get a hand lopped off because of some machete wielding
maniac, and quite another to get a hand lopped off as the (state-mandated)
consequence for a crime.

will
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Howie Hamlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: Lindh pleads guilty, won't receive life in prison


> It can happen here too...
>
> http://www.nypost.com/seven/07102002/news/regionalnews/52198.htm
>

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