The Conservative Party

[Alan Harper's Tash]

What’s the evidence it isn’t?

You are the one suggesting it is, with no evidence.

 

[Jack Hackett]

Citation?

You know the difference between opinion and citation? If you answer any of my future comments with citation…you’ll be ignored.

Because it’s about the most moronic rhetorical device, assuming you might grace that with that description

 

[Jack Hackett]

Like being a little bit pregnant.
Either it’s a deterrent - which deters everyone - or it’s not a deterrent.

Illogical

A deterrent doesn’t deter everyone but may deter some

 

[Jack Hackett]

Judging by the US, it isn’t an effective one at all.

Most states don’t have capital punishment…maybe they should

 

[Jack Hackett]

Are you one of these people or one of their children?

If I were the billpayer for your education, I'd ask for a refund.

Yadda, yadda, yadda

 

[Jack Hackett]

You are the one suggesting it is, with no evidence.

How many people commit murder in Saudi Arabia?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Illogical

A deterrent doesn’t deter everyone but may deter some

Perhaps we should have the death penalty for all crimes then?

It might see shoplifting fall by 0.2%.

 

[Jack Hackett]

Perhaps we should have the death penalty for all crimes then?

It might see shoplifting fall by 0.2%.

Now that’s an illogical extrapolation - the punishment should fit the crime.

 

[Vic]

Less the one eyed rat, who is king.

I think you're mixing aphorisms.

"In the world of the blind, the one-eyed man is king"

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

How many people commit murder in Saudi Arabia?

0.85 per 100k at increasing.
1.12 per 100k in the U.K. and decreasing.
14.4 per 100k in the US.