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TheManInTheMac

(985 posts)

7. I respect your opinion regarding penalties for murderers because you are not a murderer.

Reply to frylock (Reply #6)

Fri Aug 3, 2012, 11:03 PM

Aug 2012

William Burroughs was a murderer who happened to get away with it. A criminal doesn't deserve input into what the maximum penalty for his crime should be.

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William S. Burroughs' crystal ball re Truman Capote [View all] HiPointDem Aug 2012 OP

He'd have written millions of words about the Patriot Act. nt DCKit Aug 2012 #1

Did In Cold Blood really have this effect on the U.S.? sadbear Aug 2012 #2

Not surprising that a murderer would not like a book that bolstered support of the death penalty. TheManInTheMac Aug 2012 #3

anything that bolsters support of the death penalty should be called out.. frylock Aug 2012 #6

I respect your opinion regarding penalties for murderers because you are not a murderer. TheManInTheMac Aug 2012 #7

if burroughs were to have been charged it would've been negligent homicide or manslaughter.. frylock Aug 2012 #12

Exactly. n/t DeSwiss Aug 2012 #8

He was an accidental killer Nevernose Aug 2012 #11

K&R #5. n/t Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #4

So we've been in a police state for 42 years now? randome Aug 2012 #5

Apparently, interference in one's guns and morphine sales constitutes msanthrope Aug 2012 #10

Any surprise that a convicted killer didn't like "In Cold Blood?" msanthrope Aug 2012 #9

Truman Capote was an author and a brilliant talent. David Zephyr Aug 2012 #13

agreed on the class angle; but i'd say capote's attitude toward the social register was ambivalent; HiPointDem Aug 2012 #14

Unanswered Prayers. David Zephyr Aug 2012 #15

agreed. association with the higher arts give cachet to the trust-fund class & helps justify their HiPointDem Aug 2012 #16