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In reply to the discussion: Why, Dzhokhar, why????! [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)26. No, we asked the same questions of McVeigh, a war veteran who supposedly fought for his country and
all the other American citizens who had so much to live for right here in the US where they had no reason whatsoever to kill, eg, in Newton, a whole kindergarten class, or in Columbine, their own classmates, or Virginia Tech, and on and on.
What were THEIR causes? Their country wasn't occupied, they did not grow up in war zones, many of them grew up in very good homes here.
So no, we have not been sleeping for the past 2 decades. And each time an American does something like this we ask the same questions.
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Damn, TBlue, PREACH, PREACH IT! I bet this has been going through Dzokhar's mind for those last 2
Ecumenist
Apr 2013
#1
Regardless, they placed the bomb right behind the kid they killed, nothing more needs to be said
still_one
Apr 2013
#6
and next to the little 5 yo girl who's leg was blown off and her mother with brain damage.
Auntie Bush
Apr 2013
#31
No, we asked the same questions of McVeigh, a war veteran who supposedly fought for his country and
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#26
Actually, he's 19 and might have gone "to the beach"; he certainly did "drive a car." The Manson
WinkyDink
Apr 2013
#11
This is why life in prison is a harsher punishment than execution (which I oppose in all cases).
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2013
#14
if life in prison was worse than the d.p. criminals wouldn't try so hard to avoid the d.p.
leftyohiolib
Apr 2013
#21
The dp has not effect on criminals until AFTER they get caught. I completely oppose it. If it worked
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#27
We were asking similar things this morning at breakfast. Instead of pushing his brother to get help.
we can do it
Apr 2013
#22