Punishment Spheres Poll

[Pandemoniak]

Here is a poll about Punishment Sphere.
The question is really simple :

Should we consider that Punishment Spheres are atrocities and must therefore be forbidden by the UN Charter ?

[Method]

technically, its not . while i'm voting "no" as an atrocity, i do not consider it right, nor would i build one (despite my avatar)

[Kassiopeia]

What I've learned, imagine it yourself; being trapped inside a large sphere where your pain receptors are constantly stimulated, making you hope for death. And the sphere is transparent to spread the terror effect by allowing people to witness the agony. Some might consider PS worse then death penalty.

[Crisler]

Punishment spheres are cruel and inhumane as such they are an atrocitiy in my book and by any stretch of the imagination.

There are better, more humane ways to deal with criminals. We could put them into hard labor camps to serve a sentence, we could do physcological treatment to cure the behavoir or as a last resort ban them from the colony and thus leave them to their own devices on the outside.

E.L. Crisler
Fundamentalist Faction

[DeathByTheSword]

my I again say that I do not agree on this poll and that we as the people, when the time comes, can cast a vote on the subject on building one. but not on forehand for it will make the possiblity of making one zero procent. and THAT my dear fellowmembers I believe is very ondemocratic. because if the poll will say yea then in the future any power against PS has the change of recalling this vote ,although it may not be right anymore. and of cours vicaversa

[Leland]

As a devout Fundamentalist I abhor the usage of Punishment Spheres, especially in the hands of worldly leadership and their fallible political agendas. However, I do recognize that the best tool for evangelizing mislead souls is perhaps to show them a glimpse of what's waiting for them beyond this life, if they choose to keep up with blaspheming the Holy Ghost. No matter how horrible an invention, everything has its place in God's Divine Plan.

Disclaimer: once more the hardliners of Fundamentalist Faction may disagree with majority opinion of the party.

[Maniac]

I voted banana.

[Kassiopeia]

DBTS, someone could always call for a new voting about the use of PSs...

[DeathByTheSword]

I know that but still what do you hope to gain from this poll? that it will become a part of the constitution? (not liking that <----) or just a looksee at what people want? (i like that <-------)

[Main_Brain]

Neither me nor anyone in this Room supports PS

[Voltaire]

IMO PS should be left as a last resort in certain circumstances; therefore I don’t believe that we should officially declare them an atrocity preventing their use in all cases.

[MrWhereItsAt]

What could be worse? Hmmm, mindworm experimentation with live subjects. In the name of science, perhaps?

[Voltaire]

Originally posted by MrWhereItsAt
What could be worse? Hmmm, mindworm experimentation with live subjects. In the name of science, perhaps?

That’s a great idea, I can’t believe I didn’t think of that one, let me write it down.

[Pandemoniak]

Isnt there an article in the DEclaration of Human Rights about torture ? Saying its striclty prohibited ?
Didnt the UN ratify this declaration ?

[Voltaire]

Originally posted by Pandemoniak
Isnt there an article in the DEclaration of Human Rights about torture ? Saying its striclty prohibited ?
Didnt the UN ratify this declaration ?

My issue with outright banning the use of Punishment Spheres is that we may not need them at all, but nevertheless we should keep the option open in EXTREME cases where they might be of use. Seeing as they also come with a research penalty I’m certainly not in favor of them, but as a last resort they are effective. And besides, when the crisis is over we can scrap the Punishment Sphere.