Polygraphs for the elimination of thought-crimes?

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Since certain thoughts ought not to be thought, oughtn't these thoughts be sought at the root and preemptively uprooted? Free and mandatory polygraphs for everyone on Earth, the punishment being death for thought-crimes*. This way, evil thoughts will be purged prior to the possibility of them ever reaching the public in any fashion.





Notes: * Thought-crimes© means precisely what I mean it to mean, nothing more and nothing less.

Though it hasn't been styled as such, "thought crimes" do exist and are enforced. It's just a matter of being just smart enough to not get sucked into those kinds of groups/societies. Take any kind of closed or authoritarian pseudo-religious cult. The Branch Davidians immediately spring to mind, though they did have a large degree of freedom. You COULD walk out, but their thoughts had become so aligned to the purpose of Koresh that they really didn't want to. Thus thought crimes are suppressed by intense isolation.

Other cults/religions are much more subtle. The one that is most overtly thought-crimeish in my opinion would be the "Church" of Scientology. They ACTIVELY seek to purge thoughts they perceive to be wrong. They cover it by appearing to allow a great deal of freedom for their members. Just don't join the Sea Org.

As for a method of government, what really stands in the way of something like that happening? Most likely diversity of thought and a highly independent spirit. So it's a matter of right time, right place, and right people.

i agree with this. persecution of thought crimes seems to be largely religious - not a government issue. well, thank goodness for the separation of church and state!

"where in the constitution is the separation of church and state?" -official gop candidate for united states senate in 2010.

don't thank goodness yet.

No, we expect a good, old-fashioned, American witch- or communist-hunt. Or, in this case, more likely a homosexual/Muslim/Mexican hunt. Shall we make prison camps for them, like we did with Japanese citizens in WW2, or shall we just ship them all to Guantanamo?

Or perhaps just kill off most of them, like we did with the Native Americans?

I'm merely listening to the rhetoric of the tea-party candidates and taking it seriously.

As for annihilation of the universe, we do not currently have that technical capacity.

I'm merely listening to the rhetoric of the tea-party candidates and taking it seriously.

As for annihilation of the universe, we do not currently have that technical capacity.

LKL: dude, he's got a god. i'm pretty sure he's not worried about technical capacity.

EDIT: true, now where can i get one? i want one that is more powerful than his god.

Mocking my Christianity are we now? Shame on you, I thought you were so high above that.

destroy the planet at a human's request. presumably, nobody on earth has that power, do they?