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timcobbtoday at 1:16 PM1 replyview on HN

Okay, sure, but I'm talking about being satisfied. I understand reality and that I may not get the satisfaction I would like. And specifically the example of Al Capone who was, yeah, got for tax evasion, but at least was treated ultimately like the criminal he was.


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ethbr1today at 3:49 PM

I mean, he was sentenced to 11 years and served 7 1/2.

But untreated (at the time, no penicillin) syphilis turned him into a mental pre-teen after his release, so I guess the universe serves some justice where the laws of the land do not.