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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:12 AM Original message |
The Lockerbie Bomber was freed today. What do you think about that? |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. You don't want to know. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. You mean like the bombers of the 1976 Cubana flight |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 07:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
106. How does that make anything right? |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #106 |
122. "Well, Billy did it TOO" is one of the most common themes I see at DU. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #122 |
144. your example is wonderful |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. He took the fall; he's done the time; he's going to die |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. He did 8 years |
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hugo_from_TN (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
30. 2 weeks for each person killed. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Thats the entire point - he hasn't done the time |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
3. He's dying anyway |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. We all are dying and none of us knows when |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Yeah, it's interesting though, that public opinion in Scotland is FOR releasing him |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
53. Yet the vast majority of people on the plane, if not all of them, were not Scottish |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #53 |
146. the very best way to keep the memories of those lost alive is NOT |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
97. I suppose the wingnuts will now insist we boycott Scotland |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #97 |
101. Damn. I'm a Macalester alumn. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
5. He's dying and will soon know if Allah/God was pleased by his murders or not. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. No he won't. There is no Allah/God. He will die. Period. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
54. You don't know. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 07:24 AM Response to Reply #54 |
107. That is correct, however I do believe the best scientific evidence tends to support my statement. |
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deep1 (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
138. There is no God? |
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Old Codger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
6. Show |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
7. I don't think he did it. So the release is a political arrangement |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. ditto |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
8. I hope somebody caps his ass. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
9. you've got to love the scots..... |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I hope they gave him a nice "to-go" container of haggis for the flight home. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
66. probably not a lot of 'haggis drive-ins' |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
12. I thought "we" were supposed to be the compassionate group - not that I am towards the |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
38. People who blow up planes are the enemy. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
60. Yes! Compassion for those who deserve it!! |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
15. Not worth all the hype! |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
16. He's a sick old man who's going home to die |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. A friend of mine was on that plane |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I'm so sorry you lost your friend |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
57. Thanks - it's been 21 years |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
99. The father of one of my friends was on it. |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #99 |
117. Thank you |
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Retired AF Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #99 |
152. He should of died in jail |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
40. He may or may not be a threat, |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #16 |
41. I understand you point, but there are thousands of others in prisons |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
83. He was in prison in Scotland |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Okay, if that is their history and or policy, then no probs. nt |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
75. Well stated. n/t |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
85. I wonder how many of those that died on that plane got to die with their family in peace. |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 07:25 AM Response to Reply #85 |
108. Thank you for your post. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #85 |
124. NONE! and |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #124 |
126. That asshole did this to his own family. He didn't show them any mercy |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #126 |
130. calling you names |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #130 |
154. I appreciate your kindred spirit, I really do. If only everyone thought like that. |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #16 |
116. He'll strap on a bomb |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
17. I think Scotland has a right to make its own decisions. nt |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I agree - even if the person killed your entire family and extended family |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
55. Sure it does, but it's not the only country victimized here...far from it. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
18. I wasn't in the courtroom, but I tend to trust most juries. |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
19. They should have let him die in prison. Alone. |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. +1. nt. |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
37. +2 |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
56. No. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #56 |
127. It would give the families of all the murdered a sense of justice. |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:26 AM Response to Reply #127 |
159. Well...many of the families don't think he did it. |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
23. What I think: We should have learned that terrorists like to use commercial planes- |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I'd rather live free or die than go through what I do at the airport |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
24. It says a lot about that Judge that he could still do the humane thing despite the horrendous crime. |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
139. No, it doesn't say so much. |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
140. No, it doesn't say so much. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
25. If cable news is trying to make its viewers outraged about an issue |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
28. The wiki article is worth reading if you weren't paying attention in the late '80s |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
34. Mass murderers should never be set free. |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
58. Prison time is viewed as a necessary evil in Scotland |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #58 |
93. That's just what I was afraid of. |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:14 AM Response to Reply #93 |
160. "Punishment should fit the crime" |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
35. Prediction: Before sundown, RWers will be blaming Obama for releasing the Lockerbie bomber. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
36. Dying in prison seems like a natural consequence of being a mass murderer. |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
70. No. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #70 |
149. Just like there is nothing natural about murdering mass amounts of people. |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:37 AM Response to Reply #149 |
164. What are you saying? |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
39. I'm okay with it ... |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Yeah, fuck their victims huh? |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #42 |
63. Not so simple. Here - the views of the actual victims of the actual crime. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
43. It's disgusting! |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
44. Well since he's dying |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
45. I feel for the friends and relatives of the victims. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
46. It's a travesty |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #46 |
68. That would be bad, |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #68 |
77. People die. Get over it. At least in his case it would be a natural death. |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:16 AM Response to Reply #77 |
161. "Get over it"! |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
47. I don't think he deserves to die a free man. |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #47 |
65. Ah, not just the National Health Service, but the justice system, too, eh? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
48. His victims didn't get the dignity and peace of dying at home. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
49. Can anyone explain to me a scenario where "life in prison" DOESN'T end in death in jail? |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Really. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
50. I'm not happy about it but it was a decision of their court. I just hope won't be hyped that the |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
51. Weren't there some CIA agents on the aircraft? |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
59. He had a safe flight home, unlike the 270 people he killed |
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pyoom (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
61. I'm wondering where all the people so concerned today were when Bush |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Thank you, from a Scotsman. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #64 |
78. First generation? |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:27 AM Response to Reply #78 |
163. What does this question mean? First generation what? |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #64 |
135. i'd like to |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:17 AM Response to Reply #135 |
158. Thank you, bluerthanblue. |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #61 |
81. Actually, I was more upset about that |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 08:13 AM Response to Reply #61 |
112. They were still raising a stink, honey............... |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
62. As long as all terminally-ill prisoners are given the same opportunity..... |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #62 |
71. They are, indeed. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #71 |
103. They are far more enlightened than we are. |
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pyoom (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #62 |
76. That was my conclusion. |
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steaa (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
67. I doubt he even done it in the first place. |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Many of those posters on this thread are posting rather hastily. |
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steaa (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. Yup |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
72. He's a scumbag, and I hope ... |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
73. What I want to know is, did he ever apologize for his involvement? No? |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #73 |
157. if you maintain that you had nothing to do with the incident, it's |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
79. McCain was in Libya, with Qadaffi, 5 days ago. I wonder the link. n/t |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #79 |
115. Amazing how much the right has buddied up to a real terrorist, isn't it? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
80. I'm a helluva lot more upset that Bush/Cheny & Crew aren't in prison. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
82. Is "compassionate release" just a phoney baloney excuse for the UK's NHS to cut end-of-life costs? |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #82 |
95. Check out post #71 |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #82 |
165. Who's covering the end of life costs for the other compassionate releases in Scotland this year? |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
86. Anyone who does such a horrific crime should rot in jail forever. |
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winston61 (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. You must have never known anyone that died from cancer-- |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #88 |
96. No you are right, only my grandfather, grandmother, many friend's parents, |
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winston61 (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
87. What is going on here? Have we tapped into a server over at |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. I see the only counterargument you have is to exaggerate the opinions of your opponents. |
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winston61 (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. Reductio ad absurdum-- my happy ass to that-- |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #87 |
98. I wonder if those American families of those that died should get over themselves. |
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winston61 (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 07:27 AM Response to Reply #98 |
109. I'm so sick of this typically American notion that an American |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #109 |
114. I don't give a shit what nationality someone is. Every life is precious in |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #109 |
142. WHERE in this thread do you find |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #98 |
118. Some of the families already have |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #118 |
123. Some have I guess. But I saw the mother of one of the deceased say |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
90. Gee... |
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winston61 (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. My God- how did a post from Dick Cheney get past the |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. Well actually... |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #92 |
100. Um, let's see here - you have 1/10th the number of posts, and are junior to the person |
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winston61 (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 07:19 AM Response to Reply #100 |
105. That's bullshit and you know it is-- Are you saying |
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DrCory (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #92 |
141. Might Want To Brush Up On The Rules N/T |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:48 AM Response to Reply #90 |
166. Splooge! Need a hanky? |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
102. Honestly, I'm trying not to. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
104. Will the same courtesy be shown to Manson Girl Susan Atkins - will Leslie Van Houten get parole? |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #104 |
119. Are they dying of cancer in a prison in Scotland? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #119 |
125. Susan Atkins is dying of cancer... |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #125 |
132. No need for the childish "Huh?" "Sunshine?" |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #132 |
133. I found the tone of your response unnecessarily harsh - therefore you got "huh" etc... |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #133 |
134. it makes a WORLD of difference- Scotland does not kill people |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #133 |
136. Of course it makes a difference |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #132 |
150. I can assure you that is not what Sharon Tate's sister wants (who |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #150 |
168. I believe I was asked my opinion |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
110. The USS Vincennes crew is still free |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #110 |
121. Yeah, because a mistake is the same as a terrorist bombing. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #121 |
131. no, it's not- but the dead are no less dead, and the victims families |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #131 |
143. I'm not ignorant of anything. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #121 |
145. William Calley was convicted of 22 counts of premeditated murder at My Lai |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #145 |
148. No, Calley should die in prison as well. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #148 |
156. You're the one who was willing to write the Vincennes incident as an accident |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
111. He's getting the benefit of dying in bed others didn't get.............. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
113. i dont like that he got to go back for a hero welcome. i dont like that they had an opportunity |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #113 |
137. it wasn't a "hero's" welcome Seabeyond, unless you consider the |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #137 |
147. actually, .... i heard it on bbc. the only channel of news i listen to on radio. and i watch |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
120. What do I think? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
128. a life sentence is a life sentence is a life sentence |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:17 AM Response to Reply #128 |
162. Well, you've certainly repeat a phrase three times there. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
129. They should have allowed relatives to visit him in Scotland, not flown him to Libya. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #129 |
151. That is scary is what it is. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #129 |
167. People who commited war crimes in Iraq, Vietnam and Afghanistan |
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Clear Blue Sky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
153. it sucks. He should have remained in prison. |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
155. I think the following. |
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