The British should implement the death penalty - Page 3

monster · 06-08-2009, 11:27 AM

So we Brits are no longer welcome on the Cellar? Is it now officially an American board? No discussion of topics affecting other countries? Shame you almighty alrighty alllwhitey allamericans couldn't apply this "not our problem" rule to a few more countries with "problems" eh? :p

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Screw it. Not our problem. Let the Brits figure out what they want to do.

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Originally Posted by BrianR

Thank you Merc, I was going to say that but you beat me to it.

Shawnee123 · 06-08-2009, 11:29 AM

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Why? They are able to convict people to life in prison in less than a week.

Yeah, I was watching a show recently about people convicted, life sentences, spent many many years in prison...only to be proven undeniably innocent later. They spoke with a woman who was SURE SURE SURE that she had picked the right guy, to find out later it wasn't. The mind can play funny tricks in that arena. Luckily, he wasn't dead. Also, he forgave her.

TheMercenary · 06-08-2009, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

So we Brits are no longer welcome on the Cellar? Is it now officially an American board? No discussion of topics affecting other countries? Shame you almighty alrighty alllwhitey allamericans couldn't apply this "not our problem" rule to a few more countries with "problems" eh? :p

No, no, no. Silly person.

Just that I did not think we should meddle in your affairs and tell you how you should or should not do things.:p

Sundae · 06-08-2009, 11:59 AM

I went to see The Exonerated.

Yeah, okay, I only went to see it because Steve Pemberton was in it (and got Catherine Tate as well!) but I moved me profoundly. And confirmed my belief that an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind. (Mahatma Ghandi and all that)

Monster, I don't think that comment was meant the way you took it, but don't you know there are no nationalities on the internet? We're all one glorious whole.

monster · 06-08-2009, 12:04 PM

shame on you SG -you not see the :p?

Not my business either -I don't live there anymore. I live in the US. US laws affect me. Of course I'm not allowed to affect them, but hey.......

Sundae · 06-08-2009, 12:05 PM

Yeah, I just wanted to get the Red Dwarf joke in one more time

PS - don't kill anyone, m'kay?

monster · 06-08-2009, 12:16 PM

no killing? aaaaw, moooommmmm.....

Sundae · 06-08-2009, 12:18 PM

I can so hear your crew saying that...

piercehawkeye45 · 06-08-2009, 03:09 PM

I have nothing against the death penalty if the convict pleads guilty.

Flint · 06-08-2009, 03:44 PM

Court-assisted suicide?

Happy Monkey · 06-08-2009, 04:01 PM

Or coerced confessions.

DanaC · 06-08-2009, 05:45 PM

We had a case a couple of years ago with a guy who confessed to a murder he'd been implicated in. Turned out he was mentally ill. He later retracted his confession and eventually was cleared on appeal.

Aliantha · 06-08-2009, 05:47 PM

Yes but maybe he actually did do it, but because he's mentally ill he has a different perception of events...or maybe someone just told him to recant under the grounds of mental illness...or...or...or...

Anyway, I don't think you need capital punishment, and nor do we.

So there!

DanaC · 06-08-2009, 05:48 PM

No he was cleared of the crime. There was other evidence which should have been brought up at the trial but wasn't. It was just too damn convenient to convict the guy who'd confessed.

Aliantha · 06-08-2009, 05:49 PM

Well, I was just playing devils advocate.

06-08-2009, 12:04 PM	#35
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	shame on you SG -you not see the :p? Not my business either -I don't live there anymore. I live in the US. US laws affect me. Of course I'm not allowed to affect them, but hey....... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-08-2009, 12:16 PM	#37
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	no killing? aaaaw, moooommmmm..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-08-2009, 03:09 PM	#39
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	I have nothing against the death penalty if the convict pleads guilty. __________________ I like my perspectives like I like my baseball caps: one size fits all.

06-08-2009, 03:44 PM	#40
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Court-assisted suicide? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

06-08-2009, 04:01 PM	#41
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Or coerced confessions. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-08-2009, 11:59 AM	#34
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I went to see The Exonerated. Yeah, okay, I only went to see it because Steve Pemberton was in it (and got Catherine Tate as well!) but I moved me profoundly. And confirmed my belief that an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind. (Mahatma Ghandi and all that) Monster, I don't think that comment was meant the way you took it, but don't you know there are no nationalities on the internet? We're all one glorious whole.

06-08-2009, 12:05 PM	#36
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Yeah, I just wanted to get the Red Dwarf joke in one more time PS - don't kill anyone, m'kay?

06-08-2009, 12:18 PM	#38
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I can so hear your crew saying that...

06-08-2009, 05:47 PM	#43
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Yes but maybe he actually did do it, but because he's mentally ill he has a different perception of events...or maybe someone just told him to recant under the grounds of mental illness...or...or...or... Anyway, I don't think you need capital punishment, and nor do we. So there! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-08-2009, 05:49 PM	#45
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Well, I was just playing devils advocate. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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