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Crouteauxpommes t1_jabxd2e wrote

I mean, it's mostly training for the priests for how to react when people go to them for help. It's said in the article, the near totality of "possession" people report to their priest is just some normal human think, be it hyperactivity, depression, PTSD, etc... So I guess it would probably teach the priest how to identify such behaviour and help the family to contact medical specialists.

The Catholic church have a whole analysis method for classifying alleged miracles from "Nah, it's just normal human thing. Don't worry." to "Lemme call my boss, this is NOT supposed to happen!" or "Honestly, idk, seems legit. Unusual but legit." Seems only logical for them to do the same with possessions.

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horitaku t1_jabwzb7 wrote

Castration (the chemical kind) has been a punishment and as far as I know has also been used to “help rehabilitate” sex offenders who are likely to reoffend. The idea is that really bad offenders would lose use of their member, but as a rehab practice the hope was the libido would drop…Problem is, that doesn’t stop the big M word from happening, and other…types of R can still occur. People are shit. Some people are not without hope, but there’s a large number that will just keep doing their gross exploits if given a smidge of opportunity. Love the glass half full mentality, but the realist in me just feels like rehab and reintegration isn’t always in the cards

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AndyB1976 t1_jabvo6j wrote

They were definitely trying to appear tough to be taken seriously. They acted like cops... Knocked on the door then back off the porch while hooking their thumbs into their vest straps like they were waiting to be aggressively confronted. I looked the one guy up and by his education and stuff, he looked like he had flunked out of more serious policing/security work. Totally made sense after the fact. He pretty much leads by-law in our town and they have absolutely taken on a more aggressive "policing" form of enforcement. It's actually kind of embarrassing seeing these guys driving around in their police like vehicles and telling people their lawns can't be 5" and must be only 4.5"

Our fence was 9ft tall and the city by-law dictated 8' 5"

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EmperorBrettavius t1_jabv37h wrote

Probably wherever the line between recoverable and non-recoverable sentences lies. Prisons ought to rehabilitate criminals so that they can function in society again. But it’s hard to rehabilitate a new penis.

I’m not gonna lose any sleep over him losing his penis or anything, but there was probably a better outcome in which he still faced repercussions for what he did.

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Thanatofobia t1_jabte1a wrote

In the Netherlands, even wearing an outfit that could be mistaken for a police uniform is illegal.

Collection agencies and such also just love threatening with eviction or seizing of property to pay your debt. Which has been made kinda illegal a few years ago.

A long time ago, my late FIL(he was a fiscal advisor and had his own video rental business in the 90's) told me that unless the collection agents are accompanied by actual police and bear a letter that starts with "in the name of the king", they can't do anything.

And, no, its not like the actual king issues those letters, its legalese wording that means its a court order.

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