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Which is Worse?

What is the Worst thing that Could Happen to a Person

Death
3 (10.7%)

Multiple Amputations
7 (25.0%)

Disease
0 (0.0%)

Molestation as a Child
4 (14.3%)

Entire Family Killed
6 (21.4%)

25%+ of Your Body Severely Burned
1 (3.6%)

Torture
7 (25.0%)

Loss of Home/ Property
0 (0.0%)

Total votes: 28
Mulch Ennui
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03-17-2006 22:04
Which do You Think is the Worst Thing That Could Happen To a Person?
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Lucifer Baphomet
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Join date: 8 Sep 2005
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03-17-2006 22:07
Watching everyone they care about raped, mutilated and murdered while being rendered incapable of preventing it probably ranks up there.
The sad thing, this happens and has happened everywhere just about.
Iraq
Sudan
Rwanda
Former Yugoslavia
Liberia
Cambodia
the list goes on and on and on



Fuck, as a species goes were pretty sick.
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Sally Rosebud
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03-17-2006 22:10
Lucifer, aren't you supposed to be in bed? ;)

Oh, and torture, followed by the burns, everything else is bad, but survivable - especially with the proper care.

*edit: oops guess death isn't really survivable, is it?*
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Lucifer Baphomet
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03-17-2006 22:12
I was Sally, but the wee one woke up just as i put my head down....
No rest for the wicked. eh?
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Sally Rosebud
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03-17-2006 22:14
Heh, so true! I'm about to rest in just a few minutes :D
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Mulch Ennui
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03-18-2006 10:31
From: Lucifer Baphomet
Fuck, as a species goes were pretty sick.


we refer to it as being "civilized"
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Creami Cannoli
Please don't eat me....
Join date: 17 Jul 2005
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03-18-2006 11:53
Only torture was on your list,

But something just happened where I live that I can't imagine ever happening to anyone.

Here is a link to the story. But let me first add something:

The girl, who is 20, was tied naked to a tree in very cold rainy weather for 2 days. The stuff they did to her was done repeatedly during that time frame. She finally managed to get away.

here is the article:

http://www.times-standard.com/local/ci_3616271
Chip Midnight
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Join date: 1 May 2003
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03-18-2006 11:58
I have to go with the burns. It was close between that and amputations, but recovery from burns would be a lot more painful, though amputations would require more adjustment to lead a semi-normal life afterwards. I'd call it a toss-up, but severe burns are higher on my irrational fear scale. Everything else in your list (except death) wouldn't necessarily result in permanent disability. They can be gotten over and past. As for death, I can't really think of anything less stressful than non-existence.
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Garoad Kuroda
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03-18-2006 12:13
I'd have said multiple amputations (which is pretty damn bad.) But I thought of the people you sometimes hear about who have made it past very challenging disabilities or tragic events, and remembered that a common thing they often say is that they are "glad to be alive". So I'm gonna have to go with that one.
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WTF is C3PO supposed to be USEFUL for anyway, besides whining? Stupid piece of scrap metal would be more useful recycled as a toaster. But even that would suck, because who would want to listen to a whining wussy toaster? Is he gold plated? If that's the case he should just be melted down into gold ingots. Help the economy some, and stop being so damn useless you stupid bucket of bolts! R2 is 1,000 times more useful than your tin man ass, and he's shaped like a salt and pepper shaker FFS!
Mulch Ennui
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03-19-2006 18:43
From: Creami Cannoli

But something just happened where I live that I can't imagine ever happening to anyone.


horrid stuff

i just heard one in which a group gang raped a girl, and one of the rapers moms was there and encouraged it, in order to send a warning to the girls boyfriend

where is this vile sickness coming from?
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