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richardhutnik said:

So, you also have no interest in Chavez cracking down on knife fights in prisons going on currently, as the Humans Rights Commisssion has told him to do:

http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/02/in-venezuelas-prisons-knife-fights-organized-by-gangs-are-spreading/

Hey, maybe if Chavez justs works to make the practices voluntary, then they would be ok, right?

I'm not sure why you asked me about this since the very first paragraph says:

The men in the pit have been given no real choice: refusing to fight is generally punished by death.

I think I've been pretty clear about the fact that I believe coercion is unethical. On the other hand, it sounds like you'd be enthusiastic about the coercion aspect and maybe just not so cool about the whole knives thing.