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Originally posted by Sonya610
Disorders resulting from metabolic or neurologic dysfunction can cause violent behavior. Common causes include epilepsy, brain tumor, encephalitis, head injury, endocrine disorders, metabolic disorders (such as uremia and calcium imbalance), and severe physical trauma.
So these folks that say throw the guy out of a plane, or torture him, ask yourself this.
If a family member, kid, mother, brother, etc... that you loved had a brain tumor or head injury that caused a psychotic break which lead to them killing someone, would you want them thrown out of a plane or tortured to death? Would you think that was fair when it was beyond their control?
Originally posted by whiteraven
WTF is it with the Western brand of so called Cristianity that makes it want to kill and destroy everything it thinks is not right. MOST of the civilized world does not support the death penalty.
Police rushed to the scene and surrounded the bus. Officers watched in horror as Li began carrying around McLean's severed head and appeared to be taunting them with it, court was told.
Police searched him and found several severed body parts, including an ear, nose and partial mouth, inside a plastic bag in his pocket, court was told.
Originally posted by DYepes
I dotn recall anyone here, except wood chipper guy, that reccommended torturing this maniac.
Originally posted by whiteraven
reply to post by justamomma
Yes...I would stand by my belief...I am against the death penalty.
If he is sick...treat him.
Killing another human in order to satisfy your inner revenge or because it costs to much money to treat somebody who is sick is not right.
I have been around a lot of stuff like this.....you go through shock, denial, bargaining....but after the you see the person killed in leu of the person they killed it still will not make ANYTHING right.
You still are without the person you love....you still are alone....the fact that the person who killed the person you love is dead only gives you a short sense of satifaction.
You still walk away scarred.
Maybe this guy does deserve to die. Maybe he doesn't. That's not our call. Maybe this guy thought the other guy on the bus deserved to die. Maybe he thought it was mercy. Maybe he made a post on a forum days before doing it saying how important mercy killings were.
Originally posted by Sonya610
Originally posted by DYepes
I dotn recall anyone here, except wood chipper guy, that reccommended torturing this maniac.
TwainZero said “Throw him out of an ariplane at 50,000 feet...”
Cams suggested “I say let him suffer.....repeatedly.”
Neither of those sound like mercy killings to me. Hey I don’t have a problem with the death penalty or suicide, I just think this whole situation is sad and it is unseemly to revel in a painful death for an obviously sick and tortured man. I honestly think death would be much easier for him than years in a psych hospital.
[edit on 5-8-2008 by Sonya610]
Originally posted by justamomma
I mean, if he had shot for drugs, I would see maybe a chance at rehabilitation.......... but he did it JUST BECAUSE!!!!
Originally posted by DYepes
The examples you cited have no merit to this topic because you are citing accidental inujuries/killings. Unless of course the DUI was playing GTA for some points.
Originally posted by whiteraven
Why is it that religeous persons are for the death penalty?!
Originally posted by Sonya610
Originally posted by justamomma
I mean, if he had shot for drugs, I would see maybe a chance at rehabilitation.......... but he did it JUST BECAUSE!!!!
So if he had intentionally taken drugs that lead to a psychotic break that would be better, but since it was a long term uncontrolled severe mental illness that caused a psychotic break that makes him responsible.
Hmmmmm. Interesting view. That is sort of like saying if you got drunk and ran someone over that is not nearly so bad as having an unexpected epileptic seizure and running someone over.
Edit I misunderstood, you meant "shot for drugs" as in killed someone to acquire drugs. Oh, yes, that would be so much more excusable, killing for gain rather than killing because you are out of your mind.
[edit on 5-8-2008 by Sonya610]