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Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
17. nope...clearly you are not speaking for everyone.
Thu May 1, 2014, 06:30 PM
May 2014
The only rationale is retribution....


each to his own...I simply don't agree with your assessment.
Simple bloodlust... TreasonousBastard May 2014 #1
if killing anybody's such a terrible crime / unblock May 2014 #2
The call for executions comes primarily from people... Orsino May 2014 #3
Your argument is circular. FBaggins May 2014 #4
If they don't like the idea of "killing" or "revenge" what are they cheering about? Maraya1969 May 2014 #9
Justice? Closure? Retribution? FBaggins May 2014 #14
Example - Ted Bundy. And the fact that black men are sentenced to death at a rate at least Maraya1969 May 2014 #20
I don't have to answer for them. Why don't you ask them? Throd May 2014 #5
That's the answer... Open_n_Shut May 2014 #22
pretty shallow thinking imho Sheepshank May 2014 #6
Umm, the death penalty isn't part of responsible parenting. DanTex May 2014 #7
But realizing there is a difference between PUNISHMENT and REVENGE, IS a part of parenting Sheepshank May 2014 #15
Well, revenge is one of the rationales for punishment. DanTex May 2014 #16
nope...clearly you are not speaking for everyone. Sheepshank May 2014 #17
Of course I'm not speaking for everyone. DanTex May 2014 #18
Parents don't jump for glee when they punish their children. Unless there is something wrong with Maraya1969 May 2014 #8
unfortunately I think too many parents do jump for glee when punishing their children. Shoulders of Giants May 2014 #11
Why are these people cheering? MO_Moderate May 2014 #10
The people holding candlelight vigils are doing it because a murder is going to take place that is Maraya1969 May 2014 #19
Yep, that's their misguided reasoning MO_Moderate May 2014 #21
There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men. Lord Acton Tierra_y_Libertad May 2014 #12
The fact that some people believe it's about revenge doesn't preclude other people el_bryanto May 2014 #13
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