04-13-2006, 05:06 PM
jahcs,Apr 13 2006, 11:16 AM Wrote:This corned beef has already been hashed. Why not add this related info to your other thread? Of course then some folks would be complaining about forum necromancy. :P
And... It's a needle! Get over it. Would they prefer a small canister of gas, a sword, a rope, 79 cents worth of lead, a few dollars in electricity? These are felons convicted of a heinous crime by a jury and sentenced by a judge. Get on with it.
And for those cultures (including ours) that have, and use, the death penalty: stop being pansies and get on with it. As long as the method does not give prolonged suffering (a gutshot, draw and quartering, stoning, etc.) then stand by your decision to carry out the sentence agreed upon.
I am trying to sidestep the actual capital punishment debate because that's a whole other can of worms and I feel Doc's threads are more about the method than the madness. If you're willing to threaten it you better be willing to carry it out.
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Yeah. That is my point exactly. It's not so much about the death penalty as it is about the big stink raised to generate sympathy of all things for these convicted criminals to be put to death. That is the rub here. They want to rape and murder and commit mayhem or molest little kids, but when it comes time to pay for the dance... They wuss out. These guys... They are man enough to rape a defenseless woman and carve her #$%& off with a hunting knife, torturing her and prolonging her suffering before she mercifully passes, but it when it comes down to them being poked with a tiny little needle, it's all sniffles and snots and big tears.
And I just can not believe how many people fail to see this in these cases. I mean, there are people actually taking up for these monsters and trying to generate sympathy and pity for them. Where is the outrage for the real victim? Who is looking out for them? Especially the ones that aint white and pretty enough for the media to notice?
That is what gets me here. It's madness I tell you, madness, that a society could feel one iota of remorse for giving these bastards exactly what they deserve.
What the hell is wrong with people that these guys getting put to death get more sympathy and pity than the people that they have killed?
That is what makes this such an issue for me. It drives me bananas and keeps me awake late at night.
All alone, or in twos,
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall.
"Isn't this where...."
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall.
"Isn't this where...."