31acujoker wrote:I noticed that, interesting that the one thing they agree on is taking someone's life.
Now look, I'm not against capital punishment altogether, especially heinous crimes do deserve proportionate punishment. However I'm all for just doing the same thing as they do to dogs when they are put down, just give them an injection and they go to sleep, never to wake up again. The sentence is carried out but in a more humane manner.
What's shocking me is all you Yanks baying for blood, wanting people to die in horrific ways. I guarantee you don't want to die by the electric chair, its a fucking horrible way to die. If you wouldn't want it to happen to you don't wish it upon others.
drawscore wrote:I'm a nasty, rotten, vengeful SOB. If you bludgeon a 13 year old child to death, and there is absolute certainty of your guilt, I will not shed any tears for you, if the authorities shove a brass rod up your ass, and apply 1500 volts with 10 amperes, and turn you in to a crispy critter real quick.
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truly_trussed wrote:Still I feel it's the beginning of the end of capital punishment at least in the U.S. Canada's last execution was in 1963 and was outlawed for good in 1976.
As Archie Bunker would say "The Death Penalty is a detergent to crime."
Years ago a big city newspaper editorial said (paraphrasing) that death penalty is a symbolic sacrifice for tough talking politicians.
truly_trussed wrote:"If it bleeds, it leads" is the old axiom. SolidSnickerdoodle you are from the same state as CNN HQ.
Try this on your friends (in the US). See if they can name their 2 US senators and their representative in Congress. After that ask them to name all the Kardashian siblings. I have a feeling they'll do better on the latter rather than on the former.
SolidSnickerdoodle wrote:This type of shit is exactly why I don't watch the news.
It's all "murder, murder, theft, rape, murder, pedophilia, theft, murder, rape, top 5 sports plays of the week!"
So much so that we expect it and simply shrug it off as just another Tuesday. Good things do happen on a daily basis, the type of things that would seriously restore your faith in the basic goodness of people. These instances are not considered newsworthy however, so we never hear about them.
I get it. News networks have an hour to fill with interesting content every night, the type of content that they can tease before a commercial break to keep you watching. And, let's face it, they can always fall back on a few murders in the local area. The more sick and twisted the crime, the better. It's a business model, and it seems to be working. I just can't stand it.
FelixSH wrote: Ok, I am done. Sorry for the rant, things like this just make me really sad.
SolidSnickerdoodle wrote:Can anybody tell me what Kim Kardashian is famous for? Like, for the love of god, what did she do? All I know is that she's married to Kanye West, so the perpetual motion of fame just sorts of continues to carry her. But what did she do to first get famous? Is it just her and her siblings being the daughter of that Robert guy like truly_trussed was talking about? It seems to me like there would have to be something more.
Jason Toddman wrote:Who can say? I'm still trying to figure out why anyone would find a fat, ugly, slow-witted kid like Honey Boo Boo to be worth watching on TV at all; let alone an entire TV series devoted to her and her equally swinish family.
Max S wrote:I am now looking at this case, viewing it as active, I need this for training, thank you for posting this...
Death penalty is not necessary, there are always ways around a death penalty, killing a person isn't always the right choice in situations like this, all lives matter even if it's a murderer, he needs help is what he needs, he can end up changing and making a difference in everyones lives
Max S wrote:I am now looking at this case, viewing it as active, I need this for training, thank you for posting this...
Death penalty is not necessary, there are always ways around a death penalty, killing a person isn't always the right choice in situations like this, all lives matter even if it's a murderer, he needs help is what he needs, he can end up changing and making a difference in everyones lives
drawscore wrote: This is one of those rare cases where I would personally volunteer to spring the trap door on the gallows, throw the switch that turns on the electric chair, or push the button that releases the lethal chemical cocktail into the murderer's veins.
The death penalty may not be appropriate for ALL murders, but if you knowingly and deliberately kill a child, your ass ought to fry. Drawscore