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There should be strict laws for any kind of violant act against women and court timing should be lesser, womens are no less then men in any field, why men is not accepting it? and trying to demoralise us with these kind of stpid actions.
rediff.com 2009
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That what I see in the Bible a bunch of paranoid people that everything mean something the rain, earthquakes, what have you and starting wars over everything. 90% of mentally ill people are non-violant some are the homeless people that live in the street people and Police can't help them because they are not breaking the law.
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Note that solitary confinement itself is a very controversial form of punishmen and is only applied to extremely violant prisoners.
Taiwan News on most recent Chen Shui-bian detention Michael Turton 2009
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All develop and non violant country use this expensive structure.
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Because let's face it: With America not only the most powerful military power on earth (our military budget exceeds that of all other nations combined), there will always be some people who feel aggrieved enough or angry enough at something to want to take violant action.
War? What War? 2006
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Maybe if we spent our time talking about how these boys are criminals who chose to commit a wicked, violant crime instead of plain old folks caving in to “instinct”, we could gain some ground here.
Ohio Principal Tries to Cover Up Gang Rape in School Auditorium 2005
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Clearly 65 million years ago Northern was a very violant place from a geological point of view!
Nuisance Lawsuit Against Scott and NCSE Withdrawn - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Pastoribus facere ordinationes, ut res ordine gerantur in Ecclesia, non ut per illas mereamur gratiam, aut satis faciamus pro peccatis, aut obligentur conscientiae, ut judicent esse necessarios cultus, ac sentient se peccare, cum sine offensione aliorum violant.
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Reculer devant le danger, comme vouloir maintenant autre chose que je n'ai voulu en violant ma parole, serait au-dessous de moi_, et le noble c [oe] ur de votre Majesté doit le comprendre.
The Letters of Queen Victoria, Vol 2 (of 3), 1844-1853 A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860
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Lastly, I know I'm a dinosaur on this, but I've seen advertisements for "games" on tv that scare the stuffing out of me and studies have definitely shown those influence violant behavior.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local MileHighGypsy 2010
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