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In reply to the discussion: Holder to Boston: #%^* you. [View all]Blue_Adept
(6,399 posts)76. Pretty much expected though, politically.
If he didn't put in for the death penalty, the rest of the country and republicans would look at him like he's weak on terror.
Yeah, I know.
As a MA resident myself all my life, I still find myself going back to the concept that the death penalty is appropriate for those that go outside the bounds of what society should be. But that's a classical view that I don't quite hold the same way as I did in my youth.
I do find myself largely aligned with most (but not all) of my fellow locals in that they don't want the death penalty, or at least aren't seeking it. It's been curious watching which local friends on Facebook are pleased by it, their connection to the event and their own leanings.
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There are times when you piss me off, and there are times when I want to hug you.
11 Bravo
Jan 2014
#105
I suppose he has had Psychiatrists or others who could interview him...
VanillaRhapsody
Jan 2014
#49
Speaking for myself only, I generally oppose the death penalty but I adamantly
geek tragedy
Jan 2014
#47
I appreciate you discussing the issue. Conversations are much more interesting this way.
morningfog
Jan 2014
#51
no, it's not an exaggeration. Everyone who supports the DP has their criteria for it- just
cali
Jan 2014
#90
"And honestly, one poster on DU shouldn't make you did in" what is that supposed to mean?
DrewFlorida
Jan 2014
#91
I think that authoritarians love the death penalty. It's all about retribution. Nancy Grace will
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#61
Don't you know the goal of the first black AG is to prove he can be as good as a white Republican?
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2014
#67
There is a long time meme that it's easier to slip in the conservative agenda under Dems.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2014
#94
Really? It's just like the OTHER meme out there applies to Obama too....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2014
#109
Oh, is that why he called for federal oversight of stop-and-frisk in NY?
BeyondGeography
Jan 2014
#82
I was pretty sure this would be the decision. Cowardly as far as I am concerned. The
seaglass
Jan 2014
#73
I imagine it would be a rather bizarre country that predicates its judicial sentencing on polling da
LanternWaste
Jan 2014
#96
To be honest, I think Carmen Ortiz is the driving force behind this. Not shocking
bullwinkle428
Jan 2014
#99
...and you hate holder too!?!... lol... ok Would this be a post if it was about gay marriage and
uponit7771
Feb 2014
#129