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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:51 PM Original message |
This isn't about Tookie Willliams--it's about the death penalty. |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. amen |
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jaredt112 (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. i agree with you on the death penalty, but not terri shiavo. i have |
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jaredt112 (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Yeah |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. but then it would be considered euthanasia. i like the way it's |
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yankeedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. No, she didn't know what was going on |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 07:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
71. If you'd read the autopsy results, you'd know that there was no |
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suziedemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 07:46 PM Response to Reply #71 |
80. I wanted them to keep Terri alive at the time - after the autopsy |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. You mean the chick that was brain dead? |
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liberalnurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:41 PM Original message |
One way to look at it is this...... |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
50. Terri was already dead for some long years. |
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MSgt213 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. With the sham our justice system is I'm pretty sure we have killed a lot |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. damn brother |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. .... |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. snarf |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. ! |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
48. I love you |
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Maggie_May (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. What gets me |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
9. Hear, hear! Recommended! |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. i totally agree with you. it gives me the creeps when they talk |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
14. If it isn't about Tookie Williams then why were there only 2 posts here.. |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Because he wasn't a Dr. Seuss wannabe celebrity. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Good point |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. But my question was about the reaction of DUers... |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. No...I'm saying it took a quasi celeb |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Understand. Thanks for responding. n/t |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Although it did kind of snowball from there. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
49. AMEN TO THAT!!!!!!!! Nor did Jesus need to kill to find himself either. |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 07:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
79. The next guy scheduled to die in the CA death chamber... |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
16. K and R |
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Raydawg1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
19. I agree, Evil cannot defeat Evil |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
21. I continue to be anti-DP but also unwilling to make celeb exemptions. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
24. A round of applause and the 5 Recommendation |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
25. well, Trumad, |
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my2sense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
26. Clean Clothes?? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
28. And I think you're more than unreasonable for calling DUers who |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. It is impossible for a true liberal to support the death penalty. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
51. As a society, we've proven ourselves incapable of achieving ... |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
31. The DP is no more "murder" than incarceration is "kidnapping". |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. The killing of in innocent is murder; ergo the D.P. is murder. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Those executed are "innocents"? |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. YES. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Actually, that's my biggest issue with the DP... |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:41 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Precisely. eom |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:57 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. But if the requirements changed, you'd be O.K. with it? |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. No, it would not. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:54 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. So your position IS based more on the "it's wrong" thing than the chance |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 09:32 PM Response to Reply #55 |
85. My position... |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 06:21 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. What if we could do away with the uncertainty? |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
56. The killing of someone who does not threaten you is murder. nt |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
32. A fucking men |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
33. Deleted message |
aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. truthfully, I respect those who are against the DP absolutely... |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. They are both murderers. BUT |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. ...or rehabilitation. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. I can respect your position, but change the laws -- not the sentence. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. I could care less about Tookie or his book. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:50 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. The death penalty isn't barbaric, it's usually gentle compared |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 07:17 AM Response to Reply #52 |
67. Ok, I get it, youre against the DP, but it is punishment. |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 07:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
82. thats exactly how it is portrayed... |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
34. Word that. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
45. Amen Trumad... Amen !!! |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
46. Exactly |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
47. Really? How many DUers have been called a RACIST b/c they are for D.P.? |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
57. Well, clearly for some people it IS about Tookie |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 11:15 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. There are people who believe certain people deserve to die. nt |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 11:56 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Your post seems honest and straightforward enough, and I |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 08:43 AM Response to Reply #57 |
74. It's got nothing to do with who Tookie is or what he did... |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
58. The death penalty is wrong for a lot of reason. State sanctioned |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
61. Great post. I couldn't agree more. n/t |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
62. Thanks for the insult...:) |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 06:53 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. No wonder why we lose the moderates, or the middle road voters... |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 05:38 PM Response to Reply #63 |
90. Okay...:) |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
64. Hear, hear! |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
65. Anti-choicers consider abortion to be murder |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 09:27 AM Response to Reply #65 |
76. Deleted message |
Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 09:31 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Ahhh, the fallacy of ad hominem |
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suziedemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 08:10 PM Response to Reply #65 |
83. A fetus depends on another person (not the state) to stay alive. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
66. Good Call Trumad |
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Paradise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
68. Thank you for saying what I've been thinking and feeling. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
69. I sort of agree. |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
70. Agreed. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
72. Don't be shy. |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
73. Is that Harry fucking Truman as your avatar???? |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 06:59 AM Response to Reply #73 |
88. You just one the strawman of the year award.... |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
75. First of all |
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suziedemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
78. The death penalty is barbaric. (my first and only post on DP) |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
81. It Isn't About Tookie |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
84. I know you are but what am I? |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 06:58 AM Response to Reply #84 |
87. Ahhh--so I hurt the feelings of a couple of DU'ers |
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nomatrix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
89. I can see a lot of passion from people here |
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