ladylinda
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Post by ladylinda on Feb 9, 2015 16:16:57 GMT -5
Joe was saying that because Manson hadn't personally killed anyone but only got his fan club to do it for him he wasn't a murderer. That was not what I stated and you know it. I said it was debatable -- as in, to some, it's an open question. I can invoke a legal argument without agreeing with it. It is debate, not advocacy. deleted""""..............................................................."""" Execution is proportionate punishment for murder. Unless, of course, it's a vigilante murder, in which case it's not. More of your boring hypocrisy. As opposed to what? Your pro-criminal and anti-victim attitudes? Your arse kissing of mass murderers?
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Post by annaj26 on Feb 10, 2015 14:43:30 GMT -5
I'm not calling you anything Linda. But if you don't worry about whether the executed are guilty or innocent, then I can't agree with you. You're making the assumption I don't worry about it. Of course I do. But do you worry about whether or not prisoners are guilty or innocent? I'm assuming you do. But you I imagine would think like me that a fair trial and an honest verdict - even if mistaken - still runs the risk of punishing an innocent person. So either you don't punish anyone at all or you accept that justice is fallible. It's still better than the alternatives. I went by what you said. There was nothing else to go on.
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Post by ladylinda on Feb 10, 2015 15:26:27 GMT -5
You're making the assumption I don't worry about it. Of course I do. But do you worry about whether or not prisoners are guilty or innocent? I'm assuming you do. But you I imagine would think like me that a fair trial and an honest verdict - even if mistaken - still runs the risk of punishing an innocent person. So either you don't punish anyone at all or you accept that justice is fallible. It's still better than the alternatives. I went by what you said. There was nothing else to go on. You've seen enough of my posts by now to know that I DO care passionately about fairness and justice. So there WAS something else to go on - my previous posts.
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