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Can we really define out cruel and unusual?

Years ago, there was a case in which a man stole a stereo set and other electronics from a woman's home. He was caught, tried and convicted. The judge's sentence was for the woman to go to the man's home and pick out for herself whatever she wanted. The convict went beserk. My rights, my rights! But it didn't violate his rights, it was part of his sentence. He had no right to her property.

It was fabulous.

It was effective, in part because it was unusual and made the convict think. Or if not, it made him crazy.

So unusual appeals to me.

At the same time, the usual suspects (including his daughters) are yelping that he was drugged, he's being abused, and so forth. We could feed him twinkies every day and they would wig out. Maybe that's the ticket: a diet of junk food and force him to watch bad television (there's so much to choose from).