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coalition_unwilling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 05:13 PM
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2. Wow, truly apalling. Had no idea courts were jailing debtors. Whatever
happened to the concept that lenders lend at their own risk?

Upon longer reflection, we've returned to the days of the Star Chamber Court, so why not bring back Debtors' Prisons? Trials by ordeal cannot be far behind.
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