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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:45 PM Original message |
Ow! Iran sentences man to have acid dripped into his eyes. |
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connecticut yankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm surprised |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Seriously, I'm surprised she isn't being given 20 lashes for being close enough to a man to have... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:08 AM Response to Reply #16 |
49. We're talking Iran here, not Saudi Arabia or backwoods Pakistan |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #49 |
148. Good point, let's not be guilty of what we accuse the freepers of |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
51. photos of the oppressed |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:26 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. more oppression |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #54 |
75. um, so what? I mean what's the point you're trying to make? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #75 |
116. for starters, you might note there are several women "standing close enough to men to get acid |
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jrockford (504 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #75 |
125. Have you ever been there? Or do you get all your information |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:27 AM Response to Reply #125 |
140. no, I 've never been there- though I have traveled to Islamic countries |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #140 |
163. The OP is Sky News. |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #54 |
87. They are beautiful people. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #87 |
104. Deleted message |
Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #104 |
107. Hahah..I get it. |
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jrockford (504 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
124. I expect stupid comments like this from GOPers and fundies on freeper.... |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hell, yes. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. yeah, vengeance is the way to go. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Maybe we should just rap them on the knuckles with a ruler.... |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Right. Because that's what they said. eom |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I was a victim advocate for 5 years. That meant that day in and day |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. You sound like one of those bleeding-heart liberals. What the hell are you doing here? |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Yeah. As viscerally satisfying as the eye-for-an-eye stuff may be, I can't support it. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
62. Don't you see how STUPID that false dichotomy makes you sound? |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
72. i like the premise behind escape from new york |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #72 |
152. Hey, I'm in South Dakota! Please send that lifetime supply now. |
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DonEBrook (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Well it will stop -his- cycle of violence. I'm pretty sure his recividism rate will be zero. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. that's completely ridiculous as well as unsupportable |
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DonEBrook (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Well, I know I'm not a big fan of taking pre-emptive action because of what someone MIGHT do. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. There is, of course, a difference between coddling and toe-curling torture. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
112. That's the RW justification for the death penalty. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #20 |
146. Not if he lives through it and they let him out again |
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minavasht (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 07:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
55. Unlike |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. There's just this little, itty-bitty thing called the Constitution standing in your way. |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Research does not indicate that punishment works as a deterrent |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. I don't have a problem with violence. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. So you're a big supporter of bush's torture policy, and heck |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I have a problem with all of those. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. how convenient for you. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #32 |
67. "I believe that people are inherently violent... |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. IF committing an immoral act is wrong .... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. Hard to know what to think about this brutality... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. That's what I think we should do with criminals. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. they should work to help drive down wages? come on |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. What the hell? |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. You and I seem to be the only ones here who don't feel sorry for the guy. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. no one here is expressing symptathy for the perp |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. You don't have to feel much sympathy for the perp to disagree with maiming him. |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
153. In a civilized society, he would do a couple of decades in prison. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Now they both will be blind. Gandhi was right. |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
8. Jeez. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. The crime was less horrific than many. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Not as vile? Are you kidding me? |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Less than killing them. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. At least when someone is dead, they don't suffer anymore. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 12:46 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Then again, you're still alive. |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #35 |
46. Having your face disfigured is one of the greatest horrors ever. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
17. They can't do an eye transplant in her favor? |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
19. This is utterly wrong, and should be unambiguously condemned. |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. The dominionists in our country believe... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. So do some DUers- presumably liberals. Read the thread. |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Biblical Eye for an Eye laws were in place to prevent escalating revenge violence. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
36. What is wrong with a stiff prison sentence? |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. It's not bloody enough for some, as it would seem. eom |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
78. The main thing wrong with it is that it offends any normal person's sense of justice |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. You are not a death penalty opponent. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #81 |
89. You are such a committed contrarian that it's almost funny. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. how so? I'm anti-torture and anti-dp. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #78 |
129. I agree that people with a high degree of psychopathy should be somehow monitored |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:30 AM Response to Reply #129 |
142. "there should be a way to diagnose sociopaths in an exact way" |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #142 |
156. You hear talk about frontal lobe deficits and MRIs detecting activity in the brain, |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
40. Have they considered cornea transplants? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:40 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I shouldn't like this but sorta kinda do (nt) |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
42. Sounds like he deserves it to me. |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
44. Hmmmm. Trying really hard to feel bad for him after what he did. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 03:25 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I'm failing too. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 07:37 AM Response to Reply #47 |
56. You don't have to feel sympathy for the perp to feel horror |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #56 |
66. Dude, I'd feel sorry for goddamn HITLER if they said they were going to drop acid in his eye. |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #66 |
80. Some of us are more averse to seeing an innocent victim disfigured and burned |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #80 |
115. You're either with us or with the terrorists. Sound familiar? It's a false dichotomy you'er pushing. |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. I do recognize that. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #117 |
119. Wrong is wrong, in my opinion. |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. That's fine. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #120 |
122. Except that we're not talking cockroaches. We're talking people. |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #122 |
128. Well, to a degree we differ. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #128 |
130. A response |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:20 AM Response to Reply #130 |
133. So, we really don't see things too differently... |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #133 |
145. I don't think that it's a flaw. I think that it's human. |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #47 |
76. Right, same. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. aargh. how can people not get it? |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. I think both I and the poster I was talking with agreed - |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #79 |
103. That pretty much sums it up. |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #103 |
106. I support that. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:02 AM Response to Original message |
48. SKY News: Britain's version of FOX. |
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Karl_Bonner_1982 (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:12 AM Response to Original message |
50. I'm surprised the Hitler wannabes of the world didn't think of this as a form of torture... |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:23 AM Response to Original message |
52. Oh well, such is life. Love a woman too much and there you go.... |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:24 AM Response to Original message |
53. I suspect she showed good judgement in not marrying this guy. |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
57. Execute the perp but... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Fine. I'm a bleeding heart because I oppose state sponsored torture. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #57 |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Could we please not make the mistake of labeling torture |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. These two were enough to make me lose my cool. I don't really have the stomach to look for more. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #63 |
69. I agree 100% |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
58. This thread is just fucking sickening |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:36 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. The State should NOT serve the victim segment of the community!? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Did I say that the State shouldn't serve victims? |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #59 |
68. Wow, quoting Abraham Lincoln to defend barbarism. Way to twist his words to suit your purpose. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. I find this thread heart wrenching |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #59 |
71. So, in your mind... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. fascinating thread isn't it? |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Some people want blood and their pound of flesh. |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
82. Victims of qisas crimes can ask for payment or physical punishment, including death. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. That's not justice. |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Then you've got your work cut out for you. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. I didn't say I could change it. |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. Do you consider abortion to be murder? nt |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. that depends |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #88 |
92. Some pro-lifers think life begins at conception |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. what a spurious comparison. |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. How so? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. I don't believe victims should be able to dictate |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. Human rights are tricky. |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #97 |
151. Mother Wants Maximum Penalty |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #151 |
155. Fail. eom |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 04:21 AM Response to Reply #155 |
157. Summary please? n/t |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 08:08 AM Response to Reply #157 |
158. Sure thing. The analogy you're attempting to draw is faulty for a number of reasons. |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #158 |
161. From your prospective (budding corporate lawyer?) I concede you are right... |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #161 |
162. Budding public defender, actually. |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #162 |
164. Darn you to heck varkam! |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 08:29 AM Response to Reply #151 |
160. yes, because everyone knows that 3 years in prison=acid in the eyes |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #92 |
102. That's a faulty analogy, though. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
90. Given the choice, I would have rather been murdered than blinded |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #90 |
100. Blind people might disagree with you, there. eom |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #100 |
121. I was referring to myself |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. The funny thing about hypotheticals is... |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
93. That's fucking sick. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. thank you, and let me say |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #93 |
101. Seconded. Apparently conservatives aren't the only ones who get hard-ons when it comes to torture. |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #93 |
131. A government having the power to do that to someone bothers me, however, |
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Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
98. It works for me. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #98 |
105. so American torture is absolutely no problem for you, right? |
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Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #105 |
108. Sorry, zero equivalence. Try again. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #108 |
110. you bet your ass there's equivalence. Either torture is abhorrent |
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Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #110 |
113. Sorry again, claiming equivalence doesn't make it so. |
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jrockford (504 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #110 |
127. are you as outspoken about Israel's 50+ years of human rights terror? nt |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:40 AM Response to Reply #127 |
141. I'm pretty outspoken about Israel's oppression of the Palestinians |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
109. The recipient of the punishment doesn't think it's excessive. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #109 |
111. That has nothing to do with whether state sponsored torture is |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #109 |
114. "There's only two perfect people in this world: you and me. I'm starting to have dobuts aobut you." |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
118. Deleted message |
SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
126. IMHO our way is equally brutal. |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
132. I don't care how brutal they have to be to stop this atrocity. |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 05:37 AM Response to Reply #132 |
137. Ponder this from my Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets. |
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Pushed To The Left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
134. The reason I oppose "eye-for-an eye" type justice is the possibility of a wrongful conviction |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 05:17 AM Response to Original message |
135. 'Pollyanna for Perpetual Prison Building' here and... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 05:26 AM Response to Reply #135 |
136. Well, if you like that much the way they do things in Iran or Saudi Arabia, GO LIVE THERE |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 05:44 AM Response to Reply #136 |
138. No faux Commie, this Gatherer-Hunter Commie was here first and |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 05:48 AM Response to Reply #138 |
139. But you're unhappy. You live among criminal coddlers. Hell, we even frown upon acid-dropping! |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #139 |
143. The 'acid-dropping' comment was... |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
144. Thank God for Religion! The world would be worse off without it. |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #144 |
150. I think it safe to say that Harvey Milk, in his wisdom, would disagree. ;-) |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #150 |
154. well, I was attempting to be a smart-ass. I was just not good at it. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
147. Nothing on snopes yet |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 08:26 AM Response to Reply #147 |
159. except that not one single person on this thread |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
149. Yes, there really are backward, barbaric cultures in this world |
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