For those of you who were happy to hear that John Couey died of ass cancer, here's some more good news. John Allen Muhammad (the "Beltway Sniper") has a month left to live as of tomorrow. I'm sure that anybody who was living in the DC area back in 2002 has less than fond memories of that time.
momgoingbroke said:Now if Charles manson would just die already....
At least one of his followers recently died a rather nasty death from a brain tumor. Makes me feel like there's some small amount of justice in the universe.
ppatin said:momgoingbroke said:Now if Charles manson would just die already....At least one of his followers recently died a rather nasty death from a brain tumor. Makes me feel like there's some small amount of justice in the universe.And we really do not know what fate, if any, awaits them following their last breath...could be a serious "what comes around goes around" type of existence.
Some argue that being executed so neatly with injections is actually an easy way out. And that being incarcerated for the rest of one's life is actually a more severe punishment.
I also suspect that when you are of the mindset that you want these people to suffer as much to the degree that you actually wish them painful diseases that no form of execution would be satisfactory.
It is kinda sad for some of the families of the victims that first they suffer the loss of their loved ones and then experience the lack of satisfaction when these killers are put to death.
katx said:Some argue that being executed so neatly with injections is actually an easy way out. And that being incarcerated for the rest of one's life is actually a more severe punishment.
That must explain why so many death row inmates voluntarily drop their appeals, and why lifers are regularly committing suicide...
Oh wait, they're not. Being alive is always better than being dead.
ppatin said:katx said:Some argue that being executed so neatly with injections is actually an easy way out. And that being incarcerated for the rest of one's life is actually a more severe punishment.
That must explain why so many death row inmates voluntarily drop their appeals, and why lifers are regularly committing suicide...
Oh wait, they're not. Being alive is always better than being dead.Many people also decide not to finish high school. Does that prove that education is a negative thing?
I do not think it is that simple.
Also, even YOUR POST does not deny the existence of suicide. That means there are some lives that are consider worse than death by those who committ suicide.
Lastly, I am not gonna cede to the judgment of those who are on the death row. Also consider the general and inherent cowardice that we all suffer from, arguably more so by those who are on the death row.
katx said:Lastly, I am not gonna cede to the judgment of those who are on the death row. Also consider the general and inherent cowardice that we all suffer from, arguably more so by those who are on the death row.
This doesn't even make sense. Do you have an actual point you're trying to make here, or are you simply being obnoxious and argumentative?
ppatin said:katx said:Lastly, I am not gonna cede to the judgment of those who are on the death row. Also consider the general and inherent cowardice that we all suffer from, arguably more so by those who are on the death row. This doesn't even make sense. Do you have an actual point you're trying to make here, or are you simply being obnoxious and argumentative?I think we all know the answer to that one...
ppatin said:katx said:Lastly, I am not gonna cede to the judgment of those who are on the death row. Also consider the general and inherent cowardice that we all suffer from, arguably more so by those who are on the death row.
This doesn't even make sense. Do you have an actual point you're trying to make here, or are you simply being obnoxious and argumentative?Here is another try: death row inmates are mistaken about the fact that it is better to live a life on death row or incarceration than being put to death by lethal injection.
(BTW: I like your style in personal attack. At least it was not "passive-aggressive" like some others. )
ETA quotations marks.
Message edited by: katx on 2009-10-09 15:08:25 CDT
Xnarg said:katx said:...Many people also decide not to finish high school. Does that prove that education is a negative thing?...Obviously it is wasted on some.
Equating education with death-row appeals requires a leap beyond the bounds of reason.I do not know where you saw an equality mark.
If any I was using an analogy. Analogies are not equalities.
katx said:Xnarg said:katx said:...Many people also decide not to finish high school. Does that prove that education is a negative thing?...Obviously it is wasted on some.
Equating education with death-row appeals requires a leap beyond the bounds of reason.I do not know where you saw an equality mark.
If any I was using an analogy. Analogies are not equalities.a·nal·o·gy
1. a. Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar. b. A comparison based on such similarity.
Equating two things means they are similar enough as to have some like characteristics.
I didn't say they were exactly equal.
The difference between education and death-row appeals is so vast as to make the analogy meaningless.
It is fascinating that you nitpick when it comes to the words of others but then take huge leaps in your own analogies.
Message edited by: Xnarg on 2009-10-09 15:56:28 CDT
Xnarg said:katx said:Xnarg said:katx said:...Many people also decide not to finish high school. Does that prove that education is a negative thing?...Obviously it is wasted on some.
Equating education with death-row appeals requires a leap beyond the bounds of reason.I do not know where you saw an equality mark.
If any I was using an analogy. Analogies are not equalities.a·nal·o·gy
1. a. Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
1.a is the one I was using. The similarity is this: making decisions that are bad for you.
b. A comparison based on such similarity.
Equating two things means they are similar enough as to have some like characteristics.
I didn't say they were exactly equal.
The difference between education and death-row appeals is so vast as to make the analogy meaningless.
It is fascinating that you nitpick when it comes to the words of others but then take huge leaps in your own analogies.
Solipsist said:Sanjoelo said:You guys really need to learn to use ignore. Seriously.At the very lest, pretend you're ignoring it & stop attacking each other. Yes, I agree but when your driving on a nice country road and you feel a speedbump its OK to pick it up and put it on your Pizza.
Solipsist said:Sanjoelo said:You guys really need to learn to use ignore. Seriously.At the very lest, pretend you're ignoring it & stop attacking each other. why does the whole board need to ignore the one argumentative person instead of mods stepping in and telling the one person to knock it off?
Sanjoelo said:You guys really need to learn to use ignore. Seriously. What I have learned here is just read a thread for a day after it's started for decent info and comments, After that it's pretty much downhill
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