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orthoclad

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3. This was described as Stalinist

Reply to Disaffected (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 23, 2026, 10:53 PM

Jun 23

in Arthur Koestler's Darkness At Noon (1940).

Fast and painless. Seems superior to botched deaths by injection.

I ask capital punishment fans what they want for their last meal, since they just confessed to premeditated murder, after I make them admit that innocent people get executed.

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Back to the good old days in Idaho? [View all] Munu Jun 23 OP

Primary underpants Jun 23 #1

All things considered, probably better than before. Disaffected Jun 23 #2

This was described as Stalinist orthoclad Jun 23 #3

Curious - why would it be described as Stalinist? Disaffected Jun 24 #4

Stalinist in that orthoclad Jun 24 #5