The case for why Baltimore should pay murderous residents not to kill

The Washington Post's Inspired Life Blog ^ | June 1, 2015 | Terrence McCoy

[2ndDivisionVet]

Anyone else here old enough to remember when this was a respected, if liberal, newspaper?

[PGR88]

At what point are all these government payments simply considered blackmail money?

[DownInFlames]

This is going to be a long hot summer.

[Talisker]

My God, it’s literally Lord of the Flies.

Literally.

[NorthMountain]

Anyone else here old enough to remember when this was a respected, if liberal, newspaper?

No ... I first read it in the 1980s. It was a foul, morally reprobate, communist rag. The "Washington City Paper" was far worse, but that just proves that the comPost hadn't yet hit bottom.

[dp0622]

I thought they already got paid with welfare, snap and section 8.
why is the answer never having a father who is working and a mother at home.

[Interesting Times]

How about paying Post columnists not to write drivel?

[NorthMountain]

Because a foul, morally reprobate communist rage like the comPost can only see problems being solved by Government Almighty.

[Paine in the Neck]

What was it Kipling said about paying danegeld and the Dane?

[raybbr]

Because the first ten trillion wasn’t enough....

[__rvx86]

I...I just can't even....Exception 13 (segmentation fault/GPF) in KERNEL32.DLL at 0052:EDA67DA4

(In Windows 98, Exception 13 - 0D_hex was the most common error)

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(recovering) Why on God's green Earth would anyone PAY criminals, of any colour? In Obama's America, crime really does pay.

[QuisCustodiet1776]

How about we have a civil war instead and deal with leftists permanently.

[Paladin2]

Govt bribery. What could possibly go wrong?

[Haiku Guy]

I know this is besides the point, but since when is a 31-year-old considered a “young woman”?

[W.]

i remember back in the Days of Resident Bubba, the WaTimes was good and the WaPo was not.

[Cementjungle]

How much can I get paid to not be an international nuclear weapons smuggler?

[Paladin2]

How about we pay muzzies to leave us alone?

[Pontiac]

“We’re living in extreme times that call for extreme measures,” one council member said. Some wanted canine patrols. Others wanted surveillance cameras overlooking drug hot spots.

I have a better idea.

Bring back Public Executions.

Swift sure JUSTICE.

That is what deters crime.

Stop the never ending appeals. No more than three appeals that must be completed in no more than one year.

I the criminals know that their violent lives will end in an easily imaginable time frame perhaps they may consider another way to satisfy their need for retribution.

[immadashell]

How much can I get paid to not be an international nuclear weapons smuggler?

"I promise to never smuggle another nuclear weapon." Now where do I go to get paid? How about direct deposit, that would be safer.

[the OlLine Rebel]

What would you call it?

And what would you call a 31-year-old man?