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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-11 11:16 PM
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73. Exactly.
Edited on Wed Sep-21-11 11:17 PM by Blue_In_AK
Make them think about it every day for the rest of their natural lives. And one would think that Christians would want to give the guilty man enough time to repent. If they really care about saving souls, they would let God take care of it all in his own due time.
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  -McPhail smiled when it was over sasha031  Sep-21-11 10:23 PM   #0 
  - Sick and twisted.  Horse with no Name   Sep-21-11 10:24 PM   #1 
  - they will defiantly vote for Perry  sasha031   Sep-21-11 10:26 PM   #3 
  - Delete. Replied to wrong person.  EOTE   Sep-22-11 10:30 AM   #108 
  - It was sick and twisted for Davis to commit murder.  Zax2me   Sep-21-11 10:48 PM   #47 
     - Except that there is compelling evidence that he didn't?  Horse with no Name   Sep-22-11 07:25 AM   #87 
     - You should be ashamed of yourself. That is if you had any shame to begin with.  EOTE   Sep-22-11 10:31 AM   #109 
     - Just like Rick Perry  Auntie Bush   Sep-22-11 04:56 PM   #120 
     - Twice.  kctim   Sep-22-11 11:06 AM   #112 
     - Oh F*** Off!  devilgrrl   Sep-22-11 05:39 PM   #121 
  - And people asked why I questioned their blood lust....  Joe the Revelator   Sep-21-11 10:25 PM   #2 
  - I wonder why you feel such hatred toward the family of the victim.  NaturalHigh   Sep-21-11 10:29 PM   #9 
  - If there were a chance he was innocent . . .  janet118   Sep-21-11 10:37 PM   #26 
  - I can honestly say I'd never sleep at night knowing the wrong person had been killed.  WhoIsNumberNone   Sep-21-11 10:37 PM   #28 
  - I don't know how I would feel.  NaturalHigh   Sep-21-11 10:42 PM   #38 
  - A friend of mine whose 14-year-old daughter was murdered . . .  janet118   Sep-21-11 10:42 PM   #39 
  - Exactly.  Blue_In_AK   Sep-21-11 11:16 PM   #73 
  - It would cost more than a million dollars of your tax money  RebelOne   Sep-22-11 11:49 AM   #117 
     - You're right- it would cost a million to lock somebody up for 40 years  WhoIsNumberNone   Sep-22-11 12:24 PM   #118 
  - Anger and saddness does not excuse them from rational thought or compassion  Joe the Revelator   Sep-21-11 10:39 PM   #31 
  - I hope you never have to exercise such rational thought in such a situation.  NaturalHigh   Sep-21-11 10:44 PM   #41 
  - This isn't the day after the murder. They've had 25 years to be rational  Joe the Revelator   Sep-21-11 10:45 PM   #43 
  - And all that time to suffer as well.  NaturalHigh   Sep-21-11 10:46 PM   #46 
  - So you think that excuses them from being able to make rational judgements?  Joe the Revelator   Sep-21-11 10:49 PM   #48 
     - I think that you are just determined to hate this family regardless.  NaturalHigh   Sep-21-11 10:52 PM   #53 
        - I don't hate them. I hate their actions. There is a huge difference.  Joe the Revelator   Sep-21-11 10:53 PM   #55 
           - You can hate their actions...  NaturalHigh   Sep-21-11 10:55 PM   #56 
              - Again, I will never excuse or understand people who take joy in another's death  Joe the Revelator   Sep-21-11 11:02 PM   #66 
              - Somehow, I doubt that your forgiveness or understanding will matter to them.  NaturalHigh   Sep-21-11 11:04 PM   #67 
                 - I never assumed that it would. They'll have to live with themselves...there are a lot of sick people  Joe the Revelator   Sep-21-11 11:05 PM   #69 
              - My favorite cousin was murdered  malaise   Sep-22-11 08:02 AM   #93 
  - Ask any professional therapist, some people never recover from this shit...  Hippo_Tron   Sep-21-11 11:02 PM   #64 
  - And how does executing the wrong man help the victim's family? nt  RaleighNCDUer   Sep-21-11 11:22 PM   #74 
     - I never said that any of this would EVER help the victim's family.  NaturalHigh   Sep-21-11 11:29 PM   #76 
        - So you think that the people who recanted were lying when they  RaleighNCDUer   Sep-21-11 11:51 PM   #80 
  - IMO, it absolutely does excuse them from rational thought and compassion  Hippo_Tron   Sep-21-11 10:59 PM   #62 
  - I've had two close friends murdered.  Hell Hath No Fury   Sep-22-11 11:27 AM   #115 
  - Hope you never find out how  emilyg   Sep-21-11 10:49 PM   #49 
  - As long as someone dies, right?  Worship Money   Sep-21-11 10:26 PM   #4 
  - Perhaps they believe as you do  kctim   Sep-22-11 11:19 AM   #114 
  - His mother was just as sick, this guy is guilty no mater what the new evidence showed... sick shits.  teddy51   Sep-21-11 10:28 PM   #5 
  - they may be in denial... they may be misguided, but they are victims..  hlthe2b   Sep-21-11 10:29 PM   #10 
  - I watched her on three different interviews and she never had the clear (new facts) in  teddy51   Sep-21-11 10:41 PM   #36 
  - She didn't even have the ####s to witness the execution in person  DinahMoeHum   Sep-21-11 10:30 PM   #12 
  - Shame on you.  EffieBlack   Sep-21-11 10:36 PM   #23 
     - I'm sorry, but my guess is you have not watched this women in any interviews.  teddy51   Sep-21-11 10:46 PM   #44 
  - What a disgusting post.  emilyg   Sep-21-11 10:51 PM   #51 
     - It's not disgusting at all, obviously you never watched any of her interviews.  teddy51   Sep-21-11 10:58 PM   #60 
  - They wanted their fucking pound of flesh. . .  DinahMoeHum   Sep-21-11 10:28 PM   #6 
  - As devastating as I feel towards Davis, can we not forget that the McPhails are also victims?  hlthe2b   Sep-21-11 10:28 PM   #7 
  - They lobbied for this man's death with the clemency board and any media who would listen....they are  Joe the Revelator   Sep-21-11 10:30 PM   #11 
  - Until you walk a mile in their shoes, that is just empty bravado.  hlthe2b   Sep-21-11 10:33 PM   #16 
  - Baloney. Their actions were concerted and they are responsible for them. n/t  EFerrari   Sep-21-11 10:35 PM   #21 
  - wow.. I have totally seen a new side to you...  hlthe2b   Sep-21-11 10:43 PM   #40 
     - You know what is ugly and pitiful?  EFerrari   Sep-22-11 07:41 AM   #89 
        - Now that is just sad....  hlthe2b   Sep-22-11 04:47 PM   #119 
  - Bullshit.  Puglover   Sep-21-11 10:41 PM   #35 
  - Nor would I... But neither you nor your partner nor I have experenced this...  hlthe2b   Sep-21-11 10:44 PM   #42 
     - No actually dude. When I set my mind to something I  Puglover   Sep-21-11 10:52 PM   #52 
        - I'm not a dude...  hlthe2b   Sep-21-11 10:59 PM   #61 
           - Of course we can. You think that because it hasn't happened we cannot know?  RaleighNCDUer   Sep-21-11 11:59 PM   #83 
           - Once more. And then I'm done because you obviously  Puglover   Sep-22-11 07:47 AM   #90 
  - One cannot be surprised.  Dawson Leery   Sep-21-11 11:56 PM   #82 
  - Of COURSE, they lobbied for his death -  EffieBlack   Sep-21-11 10:34 PM   #18 
     - There is no excuse for other humans to take pleasure in the death of another....  Joe the Revelator   Sep-21-11 10:36 PM   #25 
     - I'm sorry, that's just wrong. The McPhails have had evidence  EFerrari   Sep-21-11 10:37 PM   #27 
  - Nonetheless...  Worship Money   Sep-21-11 10:31 PM   #15 
  - Easy for all of us to say....  hlthe2b   Sep-21-11 10:34 PM   #20 
     - People face challenges to their values every day. n/t  EFerrari   Sep-21-11 10:37 PM   #29 
     - And if we did  Worship Money   Sep-21-11 10:38 PM   #30 
  - Of course we can judge. We can decide not to wrong others  EFerrari   Sep-21-11 10:34 PM   #17 
  - Don't preach to the choir, EFerrari...  hlthe2b   Sep-21-11 10:40 PM   #33 
  - The family isn't making a decision, they're acting irrationally  Hippo_Tron   Sep-21-11 11:09 PM   #70 
  - Just because they believe it doesn't mean it's right.  Lucian   Sep-21-11 10:36 PM   #22 
  - Understanding what? That of 9 witness testimonies, 7 were recanted  RaleighNCDUer   Sep-21-11 11:48 PM   #79 
  - You'd think people would be passionate about finding the true murderer of their loved one  Arugula Latte   Sep-22-11 10:28 AM   #107 
  - Rarely people get what they want  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-21-11 10:29 PM   #8 
  - So tell me again the the D.P. is about justice  nobodyspecial   Sep-21-11 10:31 PM   #13 
  - And some here were defending that family.  Pab Sungenis   Sep-21-11 10:31 PM   #14 
  - That you can't differentiate between a horrifically flawed justice system  hlthe2b   Sep-21-11 10:46 PM   #45 
  - Mark was 2 when his dad was killed. All he knows is his grandmother's bloodlust  NightWatcher   Sep-21-11 10:34 PM   #19 
  - Oh, dear. Yes, that would be a very difficult family dinner.  GreenPartyVoter   Sep-21-11 10:53 PM   #54 
  - Did the family's military & law enforcement connections have a lot to do with  DrunkenBoat   Sep-21-11 11:27 PM   #75 
  - Won't you have the same dilema with your own family at Thanksgiving or Christmas?  Township75   Sep-22-11 07:59 AM   #92 
  - Understandable, considering they truly believed he did it,  MrSlayer   Sep-21-11 10:36 PM   #24 
  - I refuse to believe that most people would take joy in the death of another person. Take James Byrd  Joe the Revelator   Sep-21-11 10:41 PM   #34 
     - Refuse to believe it then.  MrSlayer   Sep-22-11 12:21 AM   #84 
  - then f*ck mcphail  cabot   Sep-21-11 10:39 PM   #32 
  - Anyone who takes pleasure in the death of another human being is a fucking monster.  Zywiec   Sep-22-11 11:34 AM   #116 
  - McFAIL'd  YellowCosmicSun   Sep-21-11 10:42 PM   #37 
  - I heard about that, too. Evil is and evil does. Again, may they rot in hell! n/t  Liberal_Stalwart71   Sep-21-11 10:50 PM   #50 
  - When I hear that he has died  Pab Sungenis   Sep-21-11 10:56 PM   #57 
     - Good point. The sister of James Byrd is much more Christ-like than I am.  Liberal_Stalwart71   Sep-21-11 10:58 PM   #59 
        - Reminds me of a joke my grandfather once told me.  Pab Sungenis   Sep-21-11 11:02 PM   #63 
        - Is this some sort of Jeckyll and Hyde performance art you are doing here?  RZM   Sep-21-11 11:10 PM   #71 
        - Yep! That's me. It was a figure of speech. Not literal!  Liberal_Stalwart71   Sep-22-11 10:22 AM   #103 
        - Nothing Christ-like about you at all.  cordelia   Sep-22-11 07:28 AM   #88 
           - Exactly. I totally accept that. It's something that I'm working on. I can't forgive hatred.  Liberal_Stalwart71   Sep-22-11 10:23 AM   #104 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Sep-21-11 10:58 PM   #58 
  - Some sick posts in this thread  WildEyedLiberal   Sep-21-11 11:02 PM   #65 
  - Noticed that, myself.  joshcryer   Sep-21-11 11:05 PM   #68 
  - +1. nt  seabeyond   Sep-22-11 08:40 AM   #97 
  - She would never consider the possibility that she could be wrong,  Blue_In_AK   Sep-21-11 11:13 PM   #72 
  - People get confused between justice and revenge.  Rex   Sep-21-11 11:31 PM   #77 
     - That's very true.  Blue_In_AK   Sep-21-11 11:33 PM   #78 
  - Let them keep telling themselves that.  Brigid   Sep-21-11 11:53 PM   #81 
  - Has it occurred to anyone ....  OwnedByCats   Sep-22-11 03:34 AM   #85 
  - I'm sure she does.  AngryOldDem   Sep-22-11 04:01 AM   #86 
  - Belief of his innocence is not fact either  OwnedByCats   Sep-22-11 10:26 AM   #106 
  - Has it ever occurred to you that you shouldn't have to wonder  EFerrari   Sep-22-11 07:49 AM   #91 
  - Yes, it has ...  OwnedByCats   Sep-22-11 10:41 AM   #110 
  - No, I don't  _ed_   Sep-22-11 08:38 AM   #96 
  - Those are pretty much  pipi_k   Sep-22-11 09:05 AM   #100 
  - I suppose it's easy...  pipi_k   Sep-22-11 08:03 AM   #94 
  - Sick, evil bastard  _ed_   Sep-22-11 08:37 AM   #95 
  - They say they are 100% certain of Davis' guilt -- to them it was justice served.  aikoaiko   Sep-22-11 08:47 AM   #98 
  - sad, broken people-  Bluerthanblue   Sep-22-11 08:55 AM   #99 
  - Revenge is an important part of the Scots-Irish culture many Southerners come from  Odin2005   Sep-22-11 09:31 AM   #101 
  - You sure do think you know a lot, don't you?  cordelia   Sep-22-11 05:46 PM   #122 
     - Actually Odin is right... to a point  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-22-11 06:43 PM   #124 
  - So what? Who cares? The family had as much power to stop the DP as you and me.  Dreamer Tatum   Sep-22-11 09:38 AM   #102 
  - +1  tammywammy   Sep-22-11 10:57 AM   #111 
  - The problem about vengence or rage is that it clouds our rationality.  Tommy_Carcetti   Sep-22-11 10:24 AM   #105 
  - I can only hope he never has to know what it's like to be railroaded for murder  Blue_Tires   Sep-22-11 11:17 AM   #113 
  - I think Mr. Davis had enough on his side to fall under Reasonable Doubt  Shandris   Sep-22-11 06:33 PM   #123 
  - I try hard not to sit in judgement of victims and their loved ones  Raine   Sep-22-11 07:12 PM   #125 
 

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