Can I create (or recreate) a Hobbesian style moral societal rule?

If the civilization imposes the death penalty when there isn't murder involved, then it is no longer a civilization. One of the reasons we agree to be 'civilized' is to avoid people with sharp sticks killing us at will.

(And murder can be broadly or narrowly defined, that is for a future corollary)

I have only one comment pertaining to what other civilized societies should do with those that don't meet this moral rule - that is, the rule itself is formulated to restrain behavior rather than suggest it. A full consideration and list of currently non-civilized societies is left as an exercise to the reader.

Thank you for your careful consideration of the serial comma. Perhaps for penance, the writer might peruse David Foster Wallace's article on grammar in Harper's Magazine (2001). Even better: ship him off a copy of 'Consider the Lobster' for the best article on grammar ever written.

It would be fun to see what is actually stored in this very thin passive RFID tag. If it is more than a random ID for that piece of luggage that connects to a secured database with appropriate details, then it would be worth exploring. If not, it probably is an upgrade for logistics and has limited new privacy concerns. Sure, someone could ping your luggage on the subway and get the ID more readily than the old bar code (and obviously less noticeably), but the link to the secure luggage handling system would be far more difficult.

If, however, they do store your name, address, destination, etc, that would be incredibly awesome. Like leaving your bluetooth phone on 'promiscuity mode'. Like when I was 6 and had my name and address pinned to my shirt en route to camp.

Kibble: 8 o'clock, 1 ring in.

I don't know who Mary is, but that sounds uncomfortable for her.