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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:38 PM Original message |
Chinese court sentences drunk driver to death |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, that's barbaric. n/m |
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Gator_Matt (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. So is murdering 4 people with a car NT |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Are you advocating for the death penalty for drunk driving? |
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RantinRavin (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. It would not be involuntary manslaughter |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I concur... |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Okay, voluntary manslaughter? |
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RantinRavin (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I believe the correct terminology |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. "negligible" |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Offing Dummya could be considered negligible homicide in some quarters. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
30. It's actually "negligent" homicide |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Maybe not always. See Reply 34. |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
38. I'm almost for it. I said almost. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
27. The death penalty always is. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, this would certainly be a deterrent to drunk driving.... |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. I agree with the sentance... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. That would be consistent with the prevailing values in your state |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. aint nothing wrong with that... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Many Americans feel the same way about "enhanced interrogation" |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I'm one of those Americans |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
45. Wow, Dubya, I didn't know that YOU posted on DU! |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
59. Hmmm... |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:19 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Yes there is a lot wrong with that. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Stereotype much? |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
60. What part of Texas? Texas is a big state. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. Not even close |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
52. OK, so Texas only executes about half as many people per capita than China |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. you should use the Amnesty Int'l figures, not the PRC govt. stats |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Actually, it's a minor point- though if I were subnitting a paper or an article |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. people generally select the stats which best help them make their point |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. I'd go with the amnesty international stats |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. As someone... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Sympathy or the lack thereof really isn' the issue here |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. OK...I'll bite... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. There are a whole panoply of issues surrounding capital punishment |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. We shouldnt seek to mimic all aspects of those societies... |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
42. Speed and efficiency? |
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marasinghe (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. hey 'kid: looks like you're wasting your energy, with the shock 'n awe wing of DU. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. I just don't get why some consider themselves to be Democrats. Is it |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
19. Too bad. In this country, he'd probably be back on the road legally in 5 years. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Try 20- with a lifetime revocation |
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madville (743 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. I know several people that have been convicted of DUI manslaughter |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #32 |
53. Headline from Oregon yesterday: Drunk Driver Gets 43 Years In Prison |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
21. Does China even have prisons? nt |
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TheCoxwain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. How about death sentence due to texting while driving .... How about eating pizza while driving? |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
41. Well, you do have a point... |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
57. People only want to kill others when there's no possibility of their own execution |
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buckrogers1965 (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. This is justice. |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
26. Now, THAT I approve of. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
29. I cannot believe the boodthirsty assholes on this thread. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. This place may be 'Democratic' underground |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
61. Americans love to kill. We're taught that violence is the answer to everything |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
31. I call dibs on his left kidney! |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
33. And America's neo-prohibitionists can only dream. nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. 'cuz there's no difference between drinking and driving while drunk enough to kill 4 people? |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
44. I have no problem with this. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
46. Horrible |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
47. Just told my better half about this. Her reaction: |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Hope they don't need a new liver |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. She mentioned that as well. |
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Jkid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
49. I heard people getting life sentences for drunk driving. |
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miyazaki (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
51. title doesn't explain it all; four people killed due to his drunkeness. |
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