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originally posted by: Rocketgirl
I'm watching the news coverage on tv and part of me feels like he should be put to death but the other part of me is saying let him rot in prison.
I'm not a fan of the death penalty because I don't believe in eye for an eye. But because of the damage and the lives that were lost I'm like hell no......let him die. However, if he were to be put to death, he would be getting what he wants.
On CNN it was pointed out that if he were to go to prison for life he could possible convert other people to be terrorists who would be released into general population. This is something that I don't want to happen. I don't even know which side to pick to be honest. But he does need to pay for what he's done.
originally posted by: TinfoilTP
originally posted by: Char-Lee
a reply to: ProfessorChaos
To me personally it is all a joke...a joke on all of you.
Bombing the public is a joke?
Maybe you need some psychiatric help before you join him.
originally posted by: ManBehindTheMask
a reply to: FamCore
but nobody posting on this thread has the authority or the right to deliver
Not true, kind of what the term "Jury of your peers" means......
If they find him guilty then men and women just like us did so......
originally posted by: Rocker2013
My opinions on all of these things are pretty consistent, the death penalty is not the right action to take. Let me explain why...
1. These are people brainwashed by a cult to believe that their death will bring them martyrdom. Death is what they want, they are a part of a death cult. In a way, martyrdom is what they'll get, his execution will be used by ISIS and all the other nutters to justify more violence in "revenge", there will be massive propaganda created from it, and used against you ultimately.
2. We learn absolutely nothing at all about the psychology of these kinds of crimes by executing those who carry them out. Like it or not, we only learn about Human psychology through learning about what motivates people to do what they do. There is a good chance that if he's allowed to live in captivity for the rest of his life we might learn a hell of a lot more about what radicalizes young minds - and how to prevent it from continuing. Here's a hint - making a martyr out of him WILL NOT prevent more young people from becoming radicalized.
3. If he is executed that's it, no option for him to ever realize the impact of what he's done, little opportunity for him to feel remorse, no prospect of him ever realizing. Is that really punishment? He's 19 years old, there's a damn good chance that in five years, or ten years, or fifteen, he'll suddenly realize that he's destroyed so many lives, and destroyed his own. Isn't that a more suitable punishment than allowing him to simply die and never experience that remorse? Chances are he's already feeling it, but he wants to take the cowards way out knowing that he'll have to suffer through it.
4. The death penalty is never a good thing, in any civilized society. There are too many instances of injustice and unfairness, corruption and bias. There are several people who have been on death row and later exonerated, how many have been murdered for crimes they didn't commit?
I get the anger, I really do, but taking lives in vengeance is not the way to deal with these people, and definitely not when they are part of a cult which glories in death and will use that death as a tool to recruit more mentally damaged young people, who will then be used to attack you again...
Please people, use your common sense here and stop attempting to outdo each other in your angry calls for vengeance. This helps no one, and certainly not those already affected by his actions. I can guarantee that there will be some who were victims of this terrible act who will agree that killing him serves absolutely no one other than those who will feed off of his killing.
Don't give him an easy way out.
Don't make him a martyr.
Don't give your enemies more ammunition.
originally posted by: ScientificRailgun
a reply to: Blackhawk0044
Any proof to back up these wild claims, or did you just spit out some conspiracy word salad in the hopes some of the BS spewed would stick?
originally posted by: Rocker2013
originally posted by: ScientificRailgun
a reply to: Blackhawk0044
Any proof to back up these wild claims, or did you just spit out some conspiracy word salad in the hopes some of the BS spewed would stick?
Didn't you get the memo?
Kids here don't need pesky things like evidence and facts, they just need fat loudmouths like Alex Jones looking to cash-in on the deaths of others by concocting some linkbait!
Evidence? There is no evidence,
originally posted by: TinfoilTP
originally posted by: AdamuBureido
originally posted by: TinfoilTP
originally posted by: Char-Lee
a reply to: ProfessorChaos
To me personally it is all a joke...a joke on all of you.
Bombing the public is a joke?
Maybe you need some psychiatric help before you join him.
lol! i bet you believe oswald killed kennedy
You could probably use some of that psychiatric help also.
originally posted by: AdamuBureido
you forgot the #1 reason to abolish the death penalty:
the inordinately large amount of individuals who having been executed, were later proven innocent, many of whom it turns out were falsely accused, with the collusion of the authorities, to cover up for the true guilty parties.
originally posted by: Rocker2013
originally posted by: ScientificRailgun
a reply to: Blackhawk0044
Any proof to back up these wild claims, or did you just spit out some conspiracy word salad in the hopes some of the BS spewed would stick?
Didn't you get the memo?
Kids here don't need pesky things like evidence and facts, they just need fat loudmouths like Alex Jones looking to cash-in on the deaths of others by concocting some linkbait!
Evidence? There is no evidence, but I'm sure someone will be along any moment to say there is none because Alex Jones says the Lizard People have got the NWO and the Rothschilds to pay off three thousand actors to pretend to be victims, and doctors, and nurses, and cops, and firefighters, and friends, and relatives, and reporters, and neighbours, and colleagues, that no one was killed, no one was injured, it was all fake, and it was all planned by the Illuminati to make people buy more burgers to make everyone too fat and lazy so they can't run away when the government comes to take all your guns and round you all up to gas you in the Fema camps!!!!!
Did I miss anything out?
originally posted by: TinfoilTP
originally posted by: AdamuBureido
originally posted by: TinfoilTP
originally posted by: Char-Lee
a reply to: ProfessorChaos
To me personally it is all a joke...a joke on all of you.
Bombing the public is a joke?
Maybe you need some psychiatric help before you join him.
lol! i bet you believe oswald killed kennedy
You could probably use some of that psychiatric help also.