Yes. (Reply #26) - Democratic Underground

In the discussion thread: Jesus fuck, can we lay off the torture and agony fantasies already? (Tsarnaev) [View all]

Thu Apr 9, 2015, 01:21 PM

Orsino (37,428 posts)

26. Yes.

We are human.

It's because these ugly impulses are so nearly universal that we have had to make laws protecting the rights of the accused and convicted.

What weirds me out the most is the emotional investment some of the torture fetishists seem to have with cases unconnected to them--but different strokes and all. Venting these fantasies on DU makes us look barbaric, IMO, but it beats lynch mobs, I guess.

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33 replies	Author	Time	Post
Jesus fuck, can we lay off the torture and agony fantasies already? (Tsarnaev) [View all]	NuclearDem	Apr 2015	OP
I have no idea what you are talking about	marym625	Apr 2015	#1
Are people drooling over the idea of Tsarnaev suffering?	Chemisse	Apr 2015	#2
This post really applies to most discussions here about prison.	NuclearDem	Apr 2015	#4
I didn't see them, probably already in my 'not you again' section of my ignore list.	freshwest	Apr 2015	#5
Do you believe rehabilitation is sometimes possible also? I like to think that	KingCharlemagne	Apr 2015	#11
Rehabilitation has worked in Scandinavia. But they are committed to a whole social solution, not	freshwest	Apr 2015	#12
I think I may have missed the subtext of your reply to which I was responding where	KingCharlemagne	Apr 2015	#13
RE: the 3 yr-old rapist sentencing: IMHO, the judge's reasoning is very disturbing...	jonno99	Apr 2015	#33
Yes.	Orsino	Apr 2015	#26
Tsarnaev is going to spend years processing this stuff	Warpy	Apr 2015	#3
Assuming the "controlling older brother"....	sendero	Apr 2015	#10
Life is so simple for legalists	Warpy	Apr 2015	#23
i'm going to go out on a limb...	sendero	Apr 2015	#28
Or he could become the hero of radical jihadists in prison and spend his days wishing he killed more	aikoaiko	Apr 2015	#16
Make him watch in his cell Brady Bunch reruns 24/7	Katashi_itto	Apr 2015	#6
Barney and Friends, Teletubbies, and Loveboat.	aikoaiko	Apr 2015	#17
I don't have fantasies regarding his punishment.	romanic	Apr 2015	#7
Being against torturing prisoners does not mean "feeling sorry" for someone.	ScreamingMeemie	Apr 2015	#8
This kind of reaction is so tiresome.	sammythecat	Apr 2015	#21
What fantasies would those be?	brooklynite	Apr 2015	#9
Well, it's very possible he'll be sentenced to die.	cwydro	Apr 2015	#15
Jesus fuck? Is that a new rock band?	Rex	Apr 2015	#14
I know. I never alert, and I'm not religious.	cwydro	Apr 2015	#18
My personal favorite is 'God fuck it!' (Trademarked).	randome	Apr 2015	#31
K&R	demmiblue	Apr 2015	#19
"Do you know why people like violence? ...	Tuesday Afternoon	Apr 2015	#20
Yep - he nailed it...	jonno99	Apr 2015	#29
imo, one of the best lines in the whole movie (and that is saying something)	Tuesday Afternoon	Apr 2015	#30
Can you link to these "fantasies"?	cwydro	Apr 2015	#22
You've already replied to one three or four times.	NuclearDem	Apr 2015	#25
As a society we gain nothing from blood lust.	NCTraveler	Apr 2015	#24
We are a punisher culture. Even progressives like to get their righteous rage on.	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2015	#27
I don't know what you mean.	NaturalHigh	Apr 2015	#32

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