# And now for your Sunday reading pleasure... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 29, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-your-sunday-reading-pleasure/231768 "2004-02-29T17:56:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-your-sunday-reading-pleasure/231768/21 "2004-03-01T02:33:09Z")
Here is a somewhat harsh, almost cruel way to get through to this person the horror of what they did. Don’t let them initially know what the charges are against them, quietly remove the body of the dog from the house, and wait for him to “come down”. Then bring him shackled to the house, and show him the blood, telling him he was the person that caused such bloodshed. Let him freak out, and weep, and ponder his own execution, then show him photographs of the dog’s coprse in minute detail, and the implements used. Tell him it was rescued, and did not deserve such barbarity. Then point out to him that he initially tried to subdue the dog’s owner. Pointing at all the blood, tell him he’s very lucky that the woman managed to escape, because that blood could be human blood, and his punishment more severe. Tell him that he is being prosecuted to the fullest extent the law allows in any case, and it’s a stroke of the woman’s good fortune that he did not murder a human. Maybe that’ll “scare him straight”? ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-your-sunday-reading-pleasure/231768/22 "2004-03-01T02:34:27Z")
I’ll add, when telling him he was the cause of the bloodshed, show him his clothing from that day, and photographs of him being arrested at the house if any exist. ---
**Author:** ![sleeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-your-sunday-reading-pleasure/231768/23 "2004-03-01T03:45:23Z")
> [@The Green Feather](#): > > What I can’t stand is hearing the defence, ‘It’s not my fault, I was on drugs.’ ‘It’s not my fault, I ate too many twinkies.’ Yes it is your fault. You were of sound mind before you took the drugs, you decided t take the drugs, so you take responsibility for everything that happens after you take the drugs. You may substitute ‘twinkie’ were appropriate. I just want to point out that the “twinkie defense” was not what most people think it is. In the trial of Dan White, from which it originated, White’s lawyers claimed that his consumption of junk food (twinkies) was evidence that he was depressed and that the intensity of his depression was considered great enough to impair his judgement. It was _not_ that he was incapable of making rational decisions because of his having eaten some twinkies, so this case isn’t really analogous. ---
**Author:** ![sleeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-your-sunday-reading-pleasure/231768/24 "2004-03-01T03:48:45Z")
Oh, and if the guy is judged to have been mentally competent at the time of his torture of that dog, I hope he gets sent away for a long, long time. That’s despicable. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-your-sunday-reading-pleasure/231768/25 "2004-03-01T04:13:42Z")
The sad truth is that killing the dog is probably the lesser offense. He’ll be tried for assault and burglary, but will probably get a minimal sentence. ---
**Author:** ![rfgdxm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@rfgdxm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rfgdxm)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-your-sunday-reading-pleasure/231768/26 "2004-03-01T05:08:04Z")
> [@The Green Feather](#): > > Recreational cough syrup? I followed your link, read the pages, and I’m stunned. I had no idea. I can’t think of anything else to say. I’m stunned. I happen to be the owner and webmaster of [http://www.coricidin.org](http://www.coricidin.org). I found out about this thread from my website referrer logs. The problem with this story is: "Smith was apparently upset on Friday over a fight with his girlfriend and took a hefty dose of a drug similar to Coricidin, Henry said. “Common in cough and cold medicines, Coricidin is gaining popularity among drug-abusing youths for its availability, its psychedelic properties and amphetaminelike effects, according to drug information Web sites.” ``` I'll ignore the fact that while DXM is obviously a psychedelic, dunno ``` any DXM sites saying it is much like amphetamine. The problem is exactly what did he take? A DXM containing cough syrup? Pure DXM powder? Or, perhaps a lot of Dramamine? The chlorpheniramine in Coricidin is an anticholingergic drug, like the dimenhydrinate in Dramamine. That is all kinds of vague. I am going to try to get better information if possible. Finding an e-mail for Sgt. Tony Henry in Anchorage would likely be helpful here. Also, for more DXM information, try my other site: [http://www.dextromethorphan.ws](http://www.dextromethorphan.ws) ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-your-sunday-reading-pleasure/231768/27 "2004-03-01T05:37:43Z")
> [@rfgdxm](#): > > I’ll ignore the fact that while DXM is obviously a psychedelic, dunno any DXM sites saying it is much like amphetamine. I agree, dextromethorphan is nothing at all like an amphetamine. It’s pretty much the exact opposite. They should have said “similar to PCP.” That would have been more accurate _and_ more scary, all at once! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-your-sunday-reading-pleasure/231768.md?page=1)