CarlM

I think you hit the nail on the head there, at the moment the crime is commited, people arent thinking of the possible retribution.. its the cold light of day when they suddenly develop the 'oh sh*t' factor!

BigDavyG

So I guess then that with the death penalty society is trying to force people to stop and think before they act, and as most people can't/don't do that you need to bloody great big stop sign to get them to take heed.

Chorlton

The bible is a bit like statistics, you can use it to prove what you want. Having never looked at it outside school, I had to dig a little! Here's some apt quotes:

Exodus 21:23-25 -- If any harm follows, then you shall give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Leviticus 24:19-20 -- Anyone who maims another shall suffer the same injury in return: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; the injury inflicted is the injury to be suffered.

Deuteronomy 19:21 -- Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

anotherlimey

Some of the commentary on the NO violence after hurricane Katrina referred to these types of people living day-to-day or hour-to-hour; they would rob someone just to buy one meal.

Its a completely different way of thinking to mainstream society.

anotherlimey

So really we should shoot him in the back from point blank range and dance over his body.

BigDavyG

Err, you're on very thin ice here - be extremely careful :scared:

BigDavyG

I have to admit that this made me laugh

anotherlimey

Yes perhaps I should clarify - I meant gang members etc....

Like the one that shot the entertainment exec who lived next door to our friend from TN.

Hiro11

I think killing four freakin' people might be a little more than poor impulse control.

I'm not for the death penalty, but it is the law and he was convicted. He's also a very manupulative person (as others have pointed out) who's never accepted culpability for his crimes. NPR (for one) has been portraying him as some kind of saint and he's far, far from it.

Stand-by for:
1. people blaming the Governator for "killing" Tookie
2. people playing the race card
3. Europeans tut-tutting at the barbaric Americans (haw!)

Chorlton

Dont get out of your pram mate (I've been waiting to say that for so long in the US) . I was making a reference to our Christian society and how the Bible texts can be selected to show anything, thats all. No opinions of mine expressed in that particular post.

anotherlimey

I wasn't really adressing you, just responding to the phrases you posted - they reminded me of the open letter on abortion (?) that was posted last week.

BritGuyTN

Yes

I am so over thuggish behaviour

I just read an article on 'Young buck' (member of 50 cents G-unit) who is a nashville native

this guy is a complete f**king thug

ex-drug dealer and has a bunch of dodgy incidents to his name. I think he should be in prison, as aside from the issues he is directly involved in, his music poisons the minds of kids

Chorlton

mkay, DM

BigDavyG

Before you read this please note that is in no way a comment on your neighbour (i know he worked in theindustry), but if you have a problem with this rapper you need to look at the grubby little b*st*rds in suits behind the scenes who have decided that this lifestyle sells well. Without the backing of record companies these guys will just sink back into the swamp from whence they came.
I always find it amusing how especially in the US people are very good at distancing themselves from the various nasty ways that they make their cash.

Chorlton

Thats because they go to church every sunday and their sins are washed away