Why is the word "unusual" in the phrase "cruel and unusual punishment"? Are "cruel and usual" punishments okay?
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they're def related. point tho is in liberal democracy a court of law is v intentionally *not* arbiter of right & wrong
they can and do! but technically that's bad and they should stop, is all I'm sayin'
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that's presumably why waterboarding is permissable; it's been done with sufficient frequency to be usual.




