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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: soda72 on August 22, 2007, 10:29:05 PM
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6959665.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6959665.stm)
Earlier this week, the EU urged Texas to end the "cruel and inhumane" practice. Texas's governor said it was a "just and appropriate" punishment.
Darn Texans if only they would see the light....
So what would be a 'humane' punishment for someone that has committed such a crime?
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A double dose? Faster? Less time between appeals? or better yet....
Send em all to the EU? :lol
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Wish we could speed up things a bit to hit the 500 mark in record time.
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Originally posted by RedTop
Send em all to the EU? :lol
ha, good idea...
:lol
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Ron White :-) (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2038402331)
Wait for the second half of the video.:aok
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Originally posted by RedTop
Send em all to the EU? :lol
I like it :aok
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Should this guy be put to death? (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/082007deathpenalty.385f898.html)
He drove the getaway car
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Originally posted by RedTop
Send em all to the EU? :lol
:aok I like it!
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Originally posted by RAIDER14
Should this guy be put to death? (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/082007deathpenalty.385f898.html)
He drove the getaway car
absolutely yes, he should be put to death.
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There is nothing cruel about putting some sociopath out of his misery... it is a mercy.
It is also good for the rest of us. There is no way that an executed man can ever harm another human being.
lazs
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The death penalty is the way that Texas stops the inhumane and cruel unlawful killing of innocent victims of a crime. Until people decide to stop killing others unlawfully the practice will not end. By removing those predators from society they are no longer in a position to kill again, ever. Perfect record on recidivism.
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Originally posted by Maverick
The death penalty is the way that Texas stops the inhumane and cruel unlawful killing of innocent victims of a crime. Until people decide to stop killing others unlawfully the practice will not end. By removing those predators from society they are no longer in a position to kill again, ever. Perfect record on recidivism.
Until the death penalty's use is upped, it is not a deterant in any crime. I looked it up a while back. A tenth of a percentage of those guilty of murder are executed.
Would the death penalty be on the back of your mind if there's only a 1/1000 chance you'll be executed, adding ontop of the chances that you'll get caught? Hardly.
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Laser, your statement is patently untrue. Every one of those that have received the death penalty has been deterred from ever hurting another person again.
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2 slight problems though..
1) You can't un-kill people.
2) HPD's crime lab sucks (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/special/crimelab/4896367.html)
If the State is going to kill people, they should be sure it's the right guy.
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Originally posted by indy007
1) You can't un-kill people.
Even more reason to kill the killers.
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Originally posted by RAIDER14
Should this guy be put to death? (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/082007deathpenalty.385f898.html)
He drove the getaway car
Yup! :t Just for the reason stated in the link.
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What we need to realize is that the death penalty is no longer meant to deter crime, or instill fear. It's not about rehabilitation, I don't believe. What we, who are proponents of the death penalty want IMO, is simply Punishment! To have the perpetrator's life ended the way in which an innocent life was taken. As the driver of a 'get away car', what did he think MIGHT would happen when a gun was introduced into the mix that night? That they all might break out in the singing of campfire songs? Give me a break!
Two people walk into a liquor store, one carries a handgun. One person distracts the clerk while the other person walks up behind him and shoots him in the head. The person who drove them there is waiting with the engine running expecting to get his share of the money and a little hootch. The driver hears a shot, and starts to worry. Meanwhile the two inside drag the clerks body into a back room, and leave with their money, cigarettes and some liquor. About 3 miles form the liquor store, they are stopped on a minor traffic violation. The three men start to act in a very agitated manner. The young officer, sensing something out of place, calls for backup. Further investigation revealed their handgun and their involvement in the liquor store robbery and murder.
Should they all face the 'Needle'?
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Originally posted by Maverick
Laser, your statement is patently untrue. Every one of those that have received the death penalty has been deterred from ever hurting another person again.
I wasn't talking about deterring those who have committed crimes, but those that will commit crimes.
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Originally posted by Nutzoid
Should they all face the 'Needle'?
Yes
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On a purely intellectual level, I'm not particularly for the death penalty - in my mind two wrongs don't make a right. On the other hand, I've never had my life affected by one of the many, many sick bar-stewards out there. If society has decided the punishment for certain crimes is death then so be it.
What I do think is wrong is the stringing out of the process. Keeping someone on death row for 10 years whilst various lawyers wrangle over his fate is not on. If you're gonna do it, have the courage of your convictions and just f'in do it. Dawn the morning after sentencing would be about right.
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Originally posted by lasersailor184
I wasn't talking about deterring those who have committed crimes, but those that will commit crimes.
Your statement implies an assumption that those who have committed a crime won't commit another one, even the same one. As I said before, every one of those folks has been deterred from hurting another person AGAIN. Just because it does not deter everyone every time does not mean it is not a deterrent.
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the EU is killing my country, drowning and slowly leeching from it.