Recent content by TklNat

I'm not an American lawyer, mind you, but a quick check revealed that under 18 Pa. Cons. Stat., prostitution is prohibited. See § 5902. Prostitution and related offenses. Sexual activity is defined there as including homosexual and other deviate sexual relations - and since you're clearly...

No, they are totally unrelated. High treason, in a nutshell, is conspiracy against the crown. The aim usually has to be damaging the crown's assets, revealing its secrets or attempting to overthrow its rule. Majesty insult is... exactly what it says on the tin: "Oh my, fuck the duke, that...

Yes, there are age restriction buttons, which are normally displayed in the video box. Your cellphone probably can't display those correctly. Maybe try registering an account, there'll probably be an option to circumvent the age restriction.

I never said it was common, just that it was real. :) It doesn't seem very effective, we're probably on the same page on that, so if I had to speculate I'd say it was not part of the investigative, but the poenal measures and used for crimes in the vein of majesty insult, where the primary...

If you speak Latin, have a look at it yourself on Google Books, the relevant part is at Lib. VI. Tit. II. Quaest. I. Quite fascinating stuff if you're into legal and/or medical history. To paraphrase it: While Zacchia is explaining torture (in accordance with Canonical Church Law), he lists...

Not entirely correct. I wouldn't know about China, but it was practised in Europe. Paolo Zacchia's "quaestiones medico-legales" is as reliable a primary source as it gets.

For a list of nearly all the reported incidents, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tickle_torture. Please note that of these, the only one that has any credibility beyond face value is the incident at the Flossenbürg concentration camp - the rest may as well have been made up for sensationalist...

Completely off-topic: Daft as I am, I never quite realised Yiddish had an English transcription. It's kinda funny for me to see how you write "Meschuggener". :)

Interesting question. For me, it really all boils down to the attitude that goes with it. If somebody's arrogant about their education, their IQ or any other intellectual abilities, that really disgusts me. There's no reason to hide one's intellect, but I can't stand people becoming snide about...

Wow, ist ja direkt mal ein interessanter Thread im deutschen Ghetto! Wer hätt's gedacht? Um jetzt gleich mal meinen Senf dazuzugeben: Erst mal danke Baertram für den guten Beitrag. Ich kann dir generell vollkommen zustimmen, obwohl sich die Situation bei mir vor einiger Zeit etwas verändert...

The real question here is: Who's using up their share of the family-brain time? Seriously, no matter their age, they seem to be half-wits and I'd advise to not even bother about their opinions concerning your feelings.

Really? How so?

@ Em Es: Please bear in mind that the part Battousai copied and pasted is not from the same author as the photos with the corny (and wrong) captions. The original Wiki entry for torture under "Tickling" was: This I have no major qualms with, and this is also the text I was referring to in my...

Again, this is totally unaccounted for and thus in all likelihood false. When we "westerners" think of Chinese torture methods, we usually picture practices that slowly drive the victim insane or cause him to die slowly from something that in itself isn't dangerous. The "Chinese water torture"...

Definitely. Especially if you're an info-junkie like me. On the other hand, somtimes it's nice being allowed to fantasize because nobody can prove your imagination wrong, don't you think? :D