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HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
87. Yes, a fundamentalist theocracy.
Sun Feb 3, 2013, 09:52 PM
Feb 2013

Were the xtian fundies get their theocracy here, I doubt it would be any better a justice system.

In the US we call such people 'corporations' - you only pay fines for crimes (nt) The Straight Story Feb 2013 #1
I find your comment sadly clumsy and insensitive cali Feb 2013 #3
+1000 dkf Feb 2013 #5
actually have to say that is well on point dsc Feb 2013 #26
OFFS GCP Feb 2013 #41
Here is an example of thousands of deaths, many kids, no one jailed dsc Feb 2013 #61
Here is an exmple of 29 dead, no prison for anyone dsc Feb 2013 #63
no, it really isn't. cali Feb 2013 #56
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2013 #104
Please self-delete. This is highly offensive as well as very stupid (nt) Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #14
DO NOT delete, no matter how many pro-corporation types demand it. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #20
+1000 Cali_Democrat Feb 2013 #21
oh for fuck's sake. please THINK or at least give it a fucking try cali Feb 2013 #22
The comment has EVERYTHING to do with how someone powerful gets away kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #23
no, it really doesn't. tenuous at the very best. Sure, on some level absolutely cali Feb 2013 #24
Let me try to explain it The Straight Story Feb 2013 #29
This post was alerted on! Tick Tock! UPDATE: the jury voted 5/1 to let the fucking post stand! ohiosmith Feb 2013 #25
lol. that made me laugh. It takes willful obtuseness cali Feb 2013 #30
So you know cali, I was juror number fucking six! ohiosmith Feb 2013 #31
They can't get down off their soapbox even for something as heinous as this GCP Feb 2013 #44
So pointing out a horribly tone-deaf, insensitive threadjacking blurt... Lizzie Poppet Feb 2013 #27
Seconded! From a liberal progressive Texan. n/t AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #35
+100000 Thank you. woo me with science Feb 2013 #96
I'm sorry, but WTGDF? AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #36
This is one Dan Feb 2013 #2
And he's free to do this again. Squinch Feb 2013 #6
This guy can't be stopped. dkf Feb 2013 #4
I normally don't believe in capital punishment, but this is one polly7 Feb 2013 #7
I have to agree! I'm usually against the death penalty; but, in this case I'd make an exception!! LongTomH Feb 2013 #18
What a sick f**K. smirkymonkey Feb 2013 #38
How much? jberryhill Feb 2013 #8
if it had been a boy, he would have had to pay twice as much. cali Feb 2013 #12
$50K for a girl $100K if it's a boy. Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2013 #19
Yes. polly7 Feb 2013 #51
There it is right there in their legal system. Theocracy? No thanks, folks. freshwest Feb 2013 #101
I am anti-violence, anti-war , anti-gun and pro-rule of law.....BUT.. pkdu Feb 2013 #9
This was very hard to read, kiva Feb 2013 #10
How rotten, corrupt, and inhumane must it get before the world say enough? indepat Feb 2013 #11
I hate guns but I would shoot this MF dead. nt live love laugh Feb 2013 #13
that would be too easy and painless JI7 Feb 2013 #32
+1----One of the most horrendous accounts of child abuse ever. virgogal Feb 2013 #37
That should be my daughter malaise Feb 2013 #15
Rape the fucker through an eye socket with a drill. alphafemale Feb 2013 #16
What do you give a fuck about? muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #65
Not if you're talking about doing that to a child molester/murderer. n/t backscatter712 Feb 2013 #66
Really? You think people are pro-torture? muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #68
I call it blowing off steam. backscatter712 Feb 2013 #69
What would your reaction be if a ten year old said it? muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #72
Your reaction is very telling. DURHAM D Feb 2013 #74
In what way? muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #77
fuck the fuck off my ass alphafemale Feb 2013 #70
I'm pretty sure you don't know what 'empathy' means muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #73
Post removed Post removed Feb 2013 #91
Life is not a competition to see who can torture someone else the most muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #92
MV didn't show the cleric any "empathy" obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #83
hey, muriel. I agree with you but I do think that people cali Feb 2013 #71
People who 'blow off steam' by suggesting painful tortures are a problem muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #75
Someone who would do that to the cleric, is as bad as he is obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #82
That would be, morally speaking, the cogent point to be made here. Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #103
Uh no obama2terms Feb 2013 #107
So wanting someone tortured is fine, as long as you can't do it yourself? muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #109
I hope someone 840high Feb 2013 #17
This case makes me sick to think about. Nika Feb 2013 #28
If there was any justice..... AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #33
He is a total sociopath, and a danger to that society obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #34
WTF. Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #39
The suffering of this little girl at the hands of her father cali Feb 2013 #45
Yes Dorian Gray Feb 2013 #97
A man cannot be executed for killing his wife or children obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #47
Yeah, it's just shocking and miserable. :( Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #52
Oh dear god GCP Feb 2013 #40
+1000 smirkymonkey Feb 2013 #110
Crucifixion is still on the books in Saudi Arabia. backscatter712 Feb 2013 #42
not for killing your wife or children it's not. cali Feb 2013 #54
Pity. n/t backscatter712 Feb 2013 #55
Unfortunately, in Saudi Arabia, they normally behead the condemned before crucifying them. backscatter712 Feb 2013 #64
He should thank his lucky stars he wasn't a woman...driving a car!!! Iggo Feb 2013 #43
or man rapes woman, stone the woman to death JI7 Feb 2013 #48
A man cannot be executed for killing his wife or children obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #46
Well, thank ALLAH he was a CLERIC. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #49
I wonder what the Prophet Muhammad would have tsuki Feb 2013 #50
The Saudis dumped that guy in his ass in the 1890's Scootaloo Feb 2013 #60
Not sure about that: WinkyDink Feb 2013 #76
+1 Good analogy lunasun Feb 2013 #78
Yet we support and arm this regime. Proves our government is hypocritical. limpyhobbler Feb 2013 #53
And now I will be scolded for wanting the same and worse done to him. MrSlayer Feb 2013 #57
I won't scold you pediatricmedic Feb 2013 #62
Ohhhhh, I wouldn't scold you. Beacool Feb 2013 #94
Boy would I like to get my hands on the murderous f***... ljm2002 Feb 2013 #58
Oh dear God! potone Feb 2013 #59
And they say it's only the Catholic clergy that take a Special Interest in children... n/t backscatter712 Feb 2013 #67
Absolutely disgusting, but I see the moral equivalency crowd has already shown up in your thread. apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #79
so as long as people are talking about what should have been done to the perp cali Feb 2013 #80
I won't be sad when this person shuffles off this mortal coil mythology Feb 2013 #99
You are of course 100% correct... ljm2002 Feb 2013 #100
“The Saudis are our friends",Bush told me so lunasun Feb 2013 #81
Fundamentalists of all religions are sick fucks. nt HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #84
yes, but this "justice system" is beyond horrific cali Feb 2013 #85
Yes, a fundamentalist theocracy. HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #87
Give him a taste of what he did jsr Feb 2013 #86
God ... look at that sweet little face. nt. polly7 Feb 2013 #90
She's such a cutie pie obama2terms Feb 2013 #108
OMG. Those photos make me so sad and so ill. smirkymonkey Feb 2013 #111
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction." SidDithers Feb 2013 #88
I doubt he did this from religious conviction cali Feb 2013 #89
Oh, my God!!! Beacool Feb 2013 #93
I know, doesn't it just rip your heart out? polly7 Feb 2013 #95
Thanks for the link. Beacool Feb 2013 #102
What a sick animal pauldemmd195j Feb 2013 #98
One would think Islamic law would cut off his two arms and three legs. Festivito Feb 2013 #105
I am numb to horror. Or so I thought. Then I read this. Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #106
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