Comments on: Win the battle, lose the war? http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/09/26/win-the-battle-lose-the-war/ news and views from uc berkeley Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:16:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Archangel http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/09/26/win-the-battle-lose-the-war/#comment-17451 Archangel Sun, 01 Oct 2006 10:12:14 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/09/26/win-the-battle-lose-the-war/#comment-17451 Ah, Scott, living in your world must be so easy - everything in its neat little place. Nevermind the protections afforded by the United States Constitution - in fact, shouldn't these punishments be excruciatingly painful, so that future evil doers will get the hint? Would it not make more sense to drag and quarter them - they are evil, after all, and deserve no better. I mean, if we don't care what happens to people on death row, and we don't, of course - why not use the most painful methods of death and torture imaginable? Hmmm.... Ah, Scott, living in your world must be so easy - everything in its neat little place.

Nevermind the protections afforded by the United States Constitution - in fact, shouldn’t these punishments be excruciatingly painful, so that future evil doers will get the hint? Would it not make more sense to drag and quarter them - they are evil, after all, and deserve no better. I mean, if we don’t care what happens to people on death row, and we don’t, of course - why not use the most painful methods of death and torture imaginable? Hmmm….

]]> By: Augie http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/09/26/win-the-battle-lose-the-war/#comment-17309 Augie Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:41:49 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/09/26/win-the-battle-lose-the-war/#comment-17309 So, for clarification, you were spewing nonsense you knew to be a lie when you said: "As I said above, a bullet to the head is quick and painless, if a bit messy." Just checking. So, for clarification, you were spewing nonsense you knew to be a lie when you said:

“As I said above, a bullet to the head is quick and painless, if a bit messy.”

Just checking.

]]> By: Scott http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/09/26/win-the-battle-lose-the-war/#comment-17305 Scott Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:58:24 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/09/26/win-the-battle-lose-the-war/#comment-17305 When one is executed, one will experience dying. Sadly for liberals, I don't really care if it hurts. No guilt here; I simply couldn't care less. Life in prison? Are you sure? Any future governor can pardon anyone he wants or reduce a sentence, such as the former governor of Illinois did a few years back. Look - murderers are evil people. They deserve to die. Hang them, shoot them, fry them, whatever. I really don't care. And I don't want to pay for them to sit in jail for decades - decades their victims never had a chance to live. When one is executed, one will experience dying. Sadly for liberals, I don’t really care if it hurts. No guilt here; I simply couldn’t care less.

Life in prison? Are you sure? Any future governor can pardon anyone he wants or reduce a sentence, such as the former governor of Illinois did a few years back.

Look - murderers are evil people. They deserve to die. Hang them, shoot them, fry them, whatever. I really don’t care. And I don’t want to pay for them to sit in jail for decades - decades their victims never had a chance to live.

]]> By: Archangel http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/09/26/win-the-battle-lose-the-war/#comment-17233 Archangel Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:54:26 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/09/26/win-the-battle-lose-the-war/#comment-17233 That's because they Do. Research is a liberal conspiracy to blind us from the truthiness. That’s because they Do. Research is a liberal conspiracy to blind us from the truthiness.

]]> By: Augie http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/09/26/win-the-battle-lose-the-war/#comment-17231 Augie Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:51:51 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/09/26/win-the-battle-lose-the-war/#comment-17231 I suspect Scott thinks "research" has a liberal bias. I suspect Scott thinks “research” has a liberal bias.

]]> By: Archangel http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/09/26/win-the-battle-lose-the-war/#comment-17130 Archangel Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:49:17 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/09/26/win-the-battle-lose-the-war/#comment-17130 And quick and painless eh? When's the last time you've been shot in the head? Or do you have fabulous research that backs up that claim? And quick and painless eh? When’s the last time you’ve been shot in the head? Or do you have fabulous research that backs up that claim?

]]> By: Archangel http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/09/26/win-the-battle-lose-the-war/#comment-17129 Archangel Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:46:46 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2006/09/26/win-the-battle-lose-the-war/#comment-17129 Right - bullet to the head is much less horrifying to the people who see it - I mean, it's not like there's famous images of people getting shot in the head, where people get kind of sickened by seeing it. Oh wait: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Nguyen.jpg . JFK? RFK? I think you get my point. If the motive is to prevent that ONE individual from murdering again, then life in prison is just as effective as killing them. The real point is that as a deterrent, it's not as effective as people might like to think. Right - bullet to the head is much less horrifying to the people who see it - I mean, it’s not like there’s famous images of people getting shot in the head, where people get kind of sickened by seeing it. Oh wait: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Nguyen.jpg . JFK? RFK? I think you get my point.

If the motive is to prevent that ONE individual from murdering again, then life in prison is just as effective as killing them. The real point is that as a deterrent, it’s not as effective as people might like to think.

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