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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:52 AM Original message |
Prove to me that the death penalty has never been used on an innocent person. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. Prove to me that John Allen Muhammad is innocent |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. what has that to do with anything? |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. That is the case that is setting off the anti Death penalty crowd. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Oh---so pick and choose.... |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Yes actually that is just how I approach it. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. LOL |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. What about evidence that comes 10-20 years later?? |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Then that is sad, but doesn't change my stance. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
63. So you say it is ok to kill how many innocent people?? |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
40. Damn straight, the DP is not a lunch buffet. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. I approve of it in cases where it's known with certainty that they have the right person |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Who gets to decide when it is "known with certainty"?? A human? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Is there any doubt that John Muhammad is NOT the right guy? |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. That's not the point.. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. It's completely the point. Just ask John Muhammad. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #27 |
44. I don't think you quite grasp this issue. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. I'm grasping it just fine |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #49 |
59. Does Cameron Todd Willingham pass your threshold? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #59 |
64. I support the DP when it's known with certainty that they have the right guy |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. I support AIDS when it kills serial killers and child rapists. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. In all of that horse crap, you managed to leave a pony |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. So you support a moratorium.... except. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #74 |
81. I have to laugh |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. Once again, your lack of comprehension shines through. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. Oh, now I see. You're arguing semantics,splitting hairs, and chasing your tail. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. You STILL don't get it. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. Your argument stands in posterity. I've made my point, and you've missed it. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. Great way to concede the argument. Run along and take your meds. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #97 |
103. Yes, unfortunately, after dealing with you, I require meds. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #95 |
105. No, your point is unattainable with human involvement. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #105 |
106. False. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. "known" by who??? so if 1 person does not believe in the guilt, then no execution?? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #107 |
109. Here is a list of people known by DU to be guilty of murder, based on DU threads |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. NO the issue is "mistakes" are you dense? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #110 |
113. We are awfully damn sure about that list of people I showed. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. Ahhh, an annual sacrifice. What a grand idea. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #108 |
111. I'm patient enough to entertain your misunderstanding of my point, but not your fatuousness. Ignore. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #111 |
112. Whoo hoo! I'm on ignore! |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #112 |
116. ignored by an idiot? you must be crushed. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #116 |
117. Somehow I'll find the strength to make it through the day. NT |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #117 |
118. I wish you the best, I know how it is. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #118 |
120. Imagine the nerve of someone not agreeing with you! |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #120 |
121. Imagine the nerve of someone... |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. Show me whereI suggested putting one innocent person to death. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #123 |
125. You support a system that has put innocents to death. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #123 |
128. You allow executions based on human judgment of guilt. Humans are not infallable... |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #128 |
133. True or false: Scott Roeder is guilty of murdering Dr. Tiller. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. perfectly said. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #50 |
122. So am I. The legal system is relatively transparent. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Again, a human must make that determination, sometimes, as here they may be right, other times, |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. When they're right with certainty, I'm in favor of the DP. Pretty simple. nt |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #29 |
60. WHO DECIDES when it is "with certainty"???you? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #60 |
70. Don't be stupid. We have courts of law. nt |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. Humans. They OFTEN make mistakes. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #75 |
83. None. No innocent people. That is tautological to my position. nt |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #83 |
88. So you support the DP only in the mythical land of rainbows and unicorns. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. If there are only truly guilty people in worlds with rainbows and unicorns, I suppose so. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. You were the one who had to make up a theoretical world in order to justify your views. |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #29 |
61. These people were convicted beyond reasonable doubt and sentenced to die: |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #61 |
73. Reasonable doubt < certainty nt |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Exactly |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #61 |
119. Thanks for posting this list. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
32. Every prosecutor says they got the right guy. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I ask again: is John Muhammad the right guy? Come on, his life is on the line here. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #33 |
46. I'm saying the generally same standard should be applied to every death penalty case. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #46 |
54. You guys are talking about statistical errors, I'm talking about mass points |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #54 |
62. The DP is NOT a Chinese takeout menu. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. Allow me to draw a diagram for the simpleminded of you |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Pretty ironic, you talking about simpleminded. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #71 |
78. You're reasonably smart, so try to accept the following |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Oh, so you don't support the death penalty at all then. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Yeah, you're just flailing now. That's sad - you're clearly a smart person. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. I'm flailing? You're the one who has to make up conditions to suit your argument. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #86 |
92. The point, which is now for everyone other than you, is that some people are guilty |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #92 |
96. Yep. And that same standard has been used since the DP took its first life. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #96 |
99. So, the criminal justice system is what it is, with no possible changes, ever? |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #99 |
104. Of course the system can change. But the change comes FIRST. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #99 |
124. Dude---you're getting your ass handed to you and you don't even know it. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #124 |
126. Ass handed to me while I'm trying to make executions more rare? |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #33 |
48. You're missing the bigger point... |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #48 |
57. You're missing MY point nt |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. A jury and the courts as is should be. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
77. How many innocents is it OK to kill? |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. No argument here. I've forever been against the death penalty. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. PS: to post #1 and #2 type replies. It's not about guilt or innocence. It's about giving the state |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Is abortion OK? |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. You liken the 2??? |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Yes as well as war. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #24 |
43. I would be against state sponsored abortions against the mother's will, yes. n/t |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #43 |
53. Apples and oranges. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's easier to prove the converse. |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Didn't Fat Tony Scalia talk about innocence not being enough to overturn a conviction? |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Good point! |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #37 |
66. There's also pressure on the part of prosecutors to have a high conviction record, |
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mule_train (611 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'm certain that it's been used on innocent people |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Yep |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
7. Prove to me that the world was not destroyed and recreated last week. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
9. I know that it has, and can be again, and that is why I am opposed to it |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
13. You wanna make an omlet ya gotta break a few eggs. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
16. Ironic the followers of a religion based on an innocent executed man |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #16 |
52. Yeah, but he was convicted - his innocence is irrelevant. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
25. Civilized govts don't kill their own citizens. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Since when? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Name one. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. The US for one. China for another. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Might as well add Iran, Saudi Arabia & N Korea. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Are you saying that those country's aren't civilized? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Are you saying they are? |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. So do we. Within the law just like them. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #51 |
127. Nazi Germany killed 12 million people - all within the law, just like us. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
114. Precisely! One important litmus test of civilized is no death penalty. |
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ChoppinBroccoli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
35. Not Only Can That NOT Be Proven, But.............. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #35 |
56. Witches DO exist..... |
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ChoppinBroccoli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #56 |
65. You Totally Got Me |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Glad you understand now. Have a nice day. |
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Birdiesmom (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
38. Some quotes... |
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Birdiesmom (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
42. FYI... |
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jpljr77 (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
45. Deleted |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
55. Prove to me that the death penalty HAS been used on an innocent person. |
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ChoppinBroccoli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. WAAAAAYYYYYY Too Easy |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
79. If the death penalty killed an innocent, then we are all guilty of murder |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
84. I cannot - I can however prove that people convicted of capital crimes have killed again |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
87. Yes, precisely the old argument. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
90. Why? Are You Or Your Opinion That Important? |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
98. there are only two good arguments for the death penalty, but I don't think they are enough: |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
100. Can't prove a negative |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
101. happens all the time in texas. if people want revenge so bad, bring back hard labor. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
102. I can probably statistically prove that innocents have been executed |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
115. I don't think anyone doubts that the death penalty has resulted in many many innocents being killed |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
129. Jesus, I've recced two threads of yours in as many minutes. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
130. that's a logical impossiblity and ridiculous |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
131. There was a sci-fi book about this issue about 15 years ago with a cool take on the question |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
132. We have no right to criticize people who use violence.. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
134. That is not a falsifiable assertion. |
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