What a fine concluding sentence, such an unexpected turn of phrase!

Book, if you tried this technique in a courtroom, you’d surely cause opposing counsel to leap to their feet, yelling “OBJECTION! OBJECTION!” in the loudest voice possible, hoping against all hope they’d blunted its impact on the jury!

Reading that kind of interesting wordsmithing made my morning. Cicero pauses his heavenly activities and nods in pleased approval!

We’re not worthy! We’re not worthy!

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As to the inmate in question, I’ve always thought a nutritious gruel should suffice for every prisoner absent a serious health condition that would require something different.

That, and the removal of all weight-training related exercise equipment, because let’s face it, one of the major problems with these criminals is the way they manage power over their prey - I mean, oops, other people - and weightlifting and bulking up is just another form of a power game over other people, for predators.

Let them do calisthenics and pushups and pullups and stomach crunches, I say.

And I kinda really like Sheriff’s Joe’s idea of washing their white uniforms with reds, so that they’re always wearing pink. The whole idea is to break down their absolute need for power and domination over their prey - oops, I did it again - I mean, over other people.