Reply #58: This is a non-sequitur [View All]

[IntravenousDemilo]

unless you're saying Ken Lay should get the death penalty, or that Lay and bin Laden committed the same crime.

Of course he would say Lay should not be executed FOR ANY REASON, just as he would say bin Laden should not be executed FOR ANY REASON. Feingold believes that no one should be executed FOR ANY REASON because he thinks it's just wrong. I'm inclined to agree.

Ken Lay's criminal activity is irrelevant in any discussion of capital punishment, since he didn't commit a capital crime. Yeah, Kenny and his board of directors should all get 40-year jail terms, and have all their assets seized and distributed to the customers and employees they fucked over, along with maybe a severe beating and humiliation.

But Osama should be stuck in a deep, dark dungeon for the rest of his life, after the relatives of the 9/11 victims have had a crack at him.