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Bully Taw

(194 posts)
18. i was kinda on board with your statement, but...
Fri Aug 23, 2013, 03:00 PM
Aug 2013

somewhere along the line, it seems like you are angling toward vengeance. What is actually the most humane way to deal with someone that is not able to be helped? Life in prison or death? Take vengeance out of the equation and what are you left with?

I do not know that he cannot be helped, though. and I suspect that you really do not either.

I think this is what he wanted. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2013 #1
Yes, indeed... I think it was a foregone conclusion that he'd be found guilty & likely be executed. hlthe2b Aug 2013 #3
Glad to hear the verdict shenmue Aug 2013 #2
I don't want him executed atreides1 Aug 2013 #4
Yup with you there ... I understand supermax prisons are nice this time of year. nt littlewolf Aug 2013 #10
+1 JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #26
Supermax, solitary confinement, for life nt Dreamer Tatum Aug 2013 #5
Hasan should be lucky that the toughest prison we have is ADX Florence derby378 Aug 2013 #30
He's in the Army and convicted by a Courts Martial. He should be going to the Military Disciplinary 24601 Aug 2013 #37
I want the judge to give him life leftynyc Aug 2013 #6
i hope he gets the treatment he needs... Bully Taw Aug 2013 #7
Oh my .... oldhippie Aug 2013 #8
compassion is what makes us human... Bully Taw Aug 2013 #9
Animals. GalaxyHunter Aug 2013 #23
Oh please tell me you're being sarcastic. 7962 Aug 2013 #12
people don't make themselves criminals... Bully Taw Aug 2013 #14
You think you're rather clever, but I doubt you're fooling anyone nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #16
Stop it! I cant laugh anymore. My stomach aches. 7962 Aug 2013 #19
So, what's your CC handle? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2013 #41
I don't think he needs christx30 Aug 2013 #13
it is hard to forgive those that hurt us Bully Taw Aug 2013 #15
This isn't about forgiveness. christx30 Aug 2013 #17
i was kinda on board with your statement, but... Bully Taw Aug 2013 #18
I don't see it as vengeance, but rather a balancing of the karmic checkbook derby378 Aug 2013 #31
I'm not talking about death. christx30 Aug 2013 #33
Do you have any evidence that Hassan could not differentiate between right and wrong, branford Aug 2013 #21
It's pretty idiotic to ask a poster "do you have any evidence" as if he/she is counsel on the case. The Stranger Aug 2013 #25
I believe it is very fair to ask what evidence the poster possesses, branford Aug 2013 #32
Then, instead of asking another poster what "evidence [they] have he could not differentiate The Stranger Aug 2013 #39
Amazing, reading the bloodthirst on this thread, purportedly coming from "Progressives" The Stranger Aug 2013 #22
The fact that you keep on repeating it, doesn't make it true! branford Aug 2013 #34
Scuttling your own defense in order to ensure the worst penalty IS EVIDENCE of his condition. The Stranger Aug 2013 #38
His defense was "justification." branford Aug 2013 #42
You implied that there was no evidence of his insanity. The Stranger Aug 2013 #44
I most certainly deny that. branford Aug 2013 #45
Can we really justify "returning to society" someone who killed that many people? nomorenomore08 Aug 2013 #28
Oh, jesus.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2013 #40
Next, what more can Hasan say to further seal his fate? Eugene Aug 2013 #11
I'd rather see life in prison, no possibility of parole, general population Amerigo Vespucci Aug 2013 #20
see ya, wouldn't wanna be ya! GalaxyHunter Aug 2013 #24
Put him in the deepest, darkest hole possible. MrSlayer Aug 2013 #27
He has a Cellmate 4Q2u2 Aug 2013 #29
"Yes he deserves to die... jessie04 Aug 2013 #35
Kick n/t Tx4obama Aug 2013 #36
No DP for him, I hope. GreenStormCloud Aug 2013 #43
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