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sendero

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28. i'm going to go out on a limb...

Thu Apr 9, 2015, 01:33 PM

Apr 2015

.... and say point blank I would not have killed anyone. I didn't exactly have a fairy-tale childhood but i manage to know right from wrong at least on that level.

I believe in giving people the benefit of the doubt and in rehabilitation. But there has to be a line somewhere. Setting off a bomb in a public place, well I'm pretty sure it crosses the line. Other than flat out insanity of the sort where you don't know right from wrong, there is no defense here and even his lawyers figured that out.

By all accounts this kid was seen to be as well adjusted, was popular and fit in with his peers well. He had everything to live for and HE chose to toss it.

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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