Meanwhile in Oklahoma...

[Meeker]

http://www.krmg.com/news/news/local/aclu-complains-after-muskogee-teen-sentenced-atten/nTMmC/

Man sentenced to ten years of church attendance due to a manslaughter conviction.

[Person Man]

Is this the punishment they have in mind for when they can ban abortion and the gays?

[morgieb]

Haha, lol.

[Lief 🗽]

We need to find a way to saw off Oklahoma and let it float out to sea.

[Svensson]

We need to find a way to saw off Oklahoma and let it float out to sea.

I take it you'd prefer he be indefinitely detained.

(Atheist South-skeptic here, by the by.)

[Franzl]

The problem with nuking it is that neighboring states could also be affected.

[Joe Biden 2020]

No need to bash Oklahoma here.

[Landslide Lyndon]

The problem with nuking it is that neighboring states could also be affected.

Well, considering who the neighboring states are, that's not much of a problem.

[Franzl]

On a more serious note, as crazy as Oklahoma is, this is a still a better result than sending a 17-year old to prison for ten or more years.

[Svensson]

The problem with nuking it is that neighboring states could also be affected.

Well, considering who the neighboring states are, that's not much of a problem.

Ah, yes, the far left. Loyally anti-war up until it comes time to kill millions of people to get rid of a state that thinks differently to them.

On a more serious note, as crazy as Oklahoma is, this is a still a better result than sending a 17-year old to prison for ten or more years.

For once we're in agreement. The sentence is silly, but objectively better than some alternatives.

(Although this would not be the sentence for me. I'd be liable to go insane, overwhelmed by the deluge of fantasy nonsense.)

[Landslide Lyndon]

The problem with nuking it is that neighboring states could also be affected.

Well, considering who the neighboring states are, that's not much of a problem.

Ah, yes, the far left. Loyally anti-war up until it comes time to kill millions of people to get rid of a state that thinks differently to them.

Yeah, all that carnage and mayhem on the streets of Athens during the last years has made me a bit callous.

[Joe Republic]

On a more serious note, as crazy as Oklahoma is, this is a still a better result than sending a 17-year old to prison for ten or more years.

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The kid was basically acquitted.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

No need to bash Oklahoma here.

Well, when they do something this moronic, there is a need.

[Lief 🗽]

We need to find a way to saw off Oklahoma and let it float out to sea.

I take it you'd prefer he be indefinitely detained.

(Atheist South-skeptic here, by the by.)

Yeah definitely. Hopefully tortured a little too, just for the lulz.

[Maxwell]

hi.

BTW, the absurdity of this and many other things makes me kind of sad to have been born in this state, but I still like Oklahoma.

[7,052,770]

If the guy agreed to it (some kind of plea bargain?), then what's the problem?

[Person Man]

There really is no problem with it but I am pretty sure that it could be come something that is disturbing in the future.

[Reginald]

Meh. Nothing here is really surprising anymore. Plus, living in Muskogee is a sufficient punishment already.

[minionofmidas]

Bizarre.

Also, ten years (as a possibility anyhow) for a traffic accident? How badly was he driving to cause that accident?

[danny]

We need to find a way to saw off Oklahoma and let it float out to sea.

I take it you'd prefer he be indefinitely detained.

(Atheist South-skeptic here, by the by.)

Someone convicted of manslaughter should go to jail, yes.

[memphis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGP8wOjdtzA

[GMantis]

The problem with nuking it is that neighboring states could also be affected.

Well, considering who the neighboring states are, that's not much of a problem.

What's so bad about New Mexico?

[King]

The problem with nuking it is that neighboring states could also be affected.

Well, considering who the neighboring states are, that's not much of a problem.

What's so bad about New Mexico?

Far northeastern NM is just an empty field.  Nothing would be lost.

[Joe Biden 2020]

The problem with nuking it is that neighboring states could also be affected.

Well, considering who the neighboring states are, that's not much of a problem.

What's so bad about New Mexico?

Far northeastern NM is just an empty field.  Nothing would be lost.

That I can't deny.  Traveling along Highway 64 from I-35 in Northern Oklahoma through Northwestern Oklahoma through the Oklahoma Panhandle and over to I-25 in Northeastern New Mexico is one llloooonnngggg drive.  It's about a 7 hour drive and you have three cities - Enid (45,000), Alva (4,800), Guymon (12,000).  The other little puny towns are just as important as New York City and Los Angeles, but they sure are boring to go through.

[DC Al Fine]

Am I the only one around here who would rather DC & NYC be destroyed than Oklahoma & Texas?