Originally posted by Betown:
I actually agree with you totally up to a point eagler, I think that this little bastard should be locked away for a good many years! What he did was horrific and should be punished by the harshest way possible but I am completely against capital punishment. I have not always been against it. I used to think that Capital punishment was a good deterrent and it helped in making people safer. But in truth (imo) it's not. People will still get murdered if you have people being executed or not. So why can't we help people for the greater good of society?
Its called consequences, Betown. He killed, he should be killed. I am of the eye-for-an-eye approach. What he did is inexcusable. I used to not think too much about the death penalty until I saw that they get cozy prison terms, with cable TV, gym, 3 square meals a day and better health coverage than any of the HMOs I've had to date. His kind of acts prove he is not of value to society and if anything, will be a drain. Hear me again, what he did was not an "accident".
And No guys, I am sorry but you can't tell me that if you are old enough to know how to fire a firearm then you are old enough to be executed for it because that isn't right. If someone leaves a loaded gun lying around then unless the kid doesn't watch TV he will know how to use it.
Its not like this kind found it in the hall, you know. He with through the effort to grab it, take it to school and commit the crime. So, Betown, at what point do you Brits think responsiblity kicks in? You seem to favor the criminal over the victim.
I agree that we need to punish and reform, but two wrongs don't make a right. By killing someone else in COLD BLOOD as retaliation for what they did makes us (imo) as bad as the person who comitia the crime.
So you want no truth and consequences, we should "rehabilitate" this piece of trash so he can make good with the rest of his life. Hmmm, sorry, I respectfully disagree. He's a murderer and I'm just sad that our justice system doesn't have the balls to execute a killer, whether it be 14 or however old that youth was that killed the little boys out there in the UK. Kids like that are evil and if I ever had my draconian ways, they'd be executed for all to see on Pay Per View. Finally, the taxpayers could see their tax dollars at work, ridding society of those that try to harm it. Maybe its a "Brave New World" kinda thinking, but I am certainly tired of the wishy-washy emotion stories being played out daily that favors the suspects over the victims.
Flame away
