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Nye Bevan

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9. Reminds me of the Stephen King short story "The Jaunt"

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Sun Mar 16, 2014, 10:47 AM

Mar 2014

The father spares his children the gruesome semi-apocryphal account of the first human to be Jaunted awake, a condemned murderer offered a full pardon for agreeing to the experiment. The man "came through" and immediately suffered a massive heart attack, living just long enough to utter a single cryptic phrase: "It's eternity in there..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jaunt

Of course in real life such a concept is disgusting and immoral. The only punishment I support is prison time in safe, humane conditions.

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Prisoners 'could serve 1,000 year sentence in eight hours' [View all] Ichingcarpenter Mar 2014 OP

that would be stupid thing to do warrior1 Mar 2014 #1

I agree it should be outlawed and a war crime Ichingcarpenter Mar 2014 #2

Geez. Instead of manipulating their minds for time, why don't Ilsa Mar 2014 #3

Good thought. (nt) enough Mar 2014 #22

Shhhh.... you're making sense! Fawke Em Mar 2014 #37

Five years in the isocubes, citizen. Codeine Mar 2014 #4

This was an episode of Deep Space Nine Bad Thoughts Mar 2014 #5

Coincidentally, most episodes of DS9 felt like a 15-year sentence Orrex Mar 2014 #7

Thoroughly disagree. eom Bad Thoughts Mar 2014 #8

Yeah, I know Orrex Mar 2014 #15

Like or not, I don't think it's surprising that it would be more relevant to this question ... Bad Thoughts Mar 2014 #30

To be fair, I was simply complaining about the series Orrex Mar 2014 #31

At least it wasn't Voyager... Lost_Count Mar 2014 #13

Of course, the American Psychological Association wouldn't allow such practices. backscatter712 Mar 2014 #6

Reminds me of the Stephen King short story "The Jaunt" Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #9

Great short story. I thought the same thing. (nt) Inkfreak Mar 2014 #42

Well, as long as they pick up some sort of flute-playing skills TlalocW Mar 2014 #10

But if the prisoner is unreformed then all we did was -- Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2014 #11

So instead of using it to make people feel they'd had a long wonderful life, IDemo Mar 2014 #12

Nothing new under the sun. Orrex Mar 2014 #14

Why would they be more useful if they come out with a sense of severe isolation? Bad Thoughts Mar 2014 #16

+1000 Tom Ripley Mar 2014 #25

It would be wise to plan for the social consequences Heidi Mar 2014 #17

So we just skip straight to the psychological torture now. NuclearDem Mar 2014 #18

This is sick. Mojo Electro Mar 2014 #19

+1000 Tom Ripley Mar 2014 #24

Punishment Fetishists. Iggo Mar 2014 #28

That's exactly what they are. Mojo Electro Mar 2014 #29

Salvia divinorum turns 5 minutes into an hour Schema Thing Mar 2014 #20

This could save a lot of money. Auntie Bush Mar 2014 #21

Other than highly refined emotional sadism, what in the fuck is the point? Tom Ripley Mar 2014 #23

What a gross misuse of technological advancement. Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #26

Torture. Iggo Mar 2014 #27

This is a horror. nt Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #32

Kinda like Total Recall yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #33

That's not how I remember Total Recall mathematic Mar 2014 #34

Hahaha... yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #35

Arnie may have been a lousy governor exboyfil Mar 2014 #38

I did see the Total Recall remake DavidDvorkin Mar 2014 #41

Now he is inviting people into his tank jakeXT Mar 2014 #43

The Outer Limits Spirochete Mar 2014 #36

Do we get the three seashells afterwards? Shandris Mar 2014 #39

All the scars are on the inside Fla_Democrat Mar 2014 #40

Only a Murdoch rage Kelvin Mace Mar 2014 #44