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Re: Free Amiga Software From Gary Marshall

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From: Angelo
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 22:22
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"Angus Manwaring" <angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On 20-Jul-02 05:29:18, Angelo said
> >"John Burns" <joobs@grizo.free-onlineNOJUNK.co.uk> wrote in message
> >news:89662052982818.NC-1.53.joobs@news.free-online.net...
> >> On 19 Jul 2002 18:32:31 +0000, "Angus Manwaring" wrote:
> >>
> >> > On 19-Jul-02 08:02:49, Joachim Froholt said
> >> > >Angelo wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >>
> >> > >> Gotta love the froggies and their logic.  Create the Guillotine
and
> >carry
> >> > >> out more public executions in short time then any other country
then
> >> > >> feel so guilty about it later that no person seems to deserve
> >execution.
> >> > >> Regardless of the crime impact.
> >> >
> >> > >No human being has the right to convict another human being to
death.
> >Death
> >> > >penalty is barbaric, and so is any country still practicing it.
> >> >
> >> > I don't know. I'd sooner, for example, have a murderer of children
> >executed
> >> > than for him to repeat the crime after he has been pronounced "fit
for
> >> > society" some years later.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > But wouldn't this also mean that any killing is unacceptable?
> >> >
> >> Aye, there's the rub, we start having to refine who deserves the Death
> >Penalty
> >> and who doesn't. I agree that there isn't much that can be done with
> >pedo's and
> >> that they shouldn't be released only to re-offend but I wouldn't say
kill
> >them
> >> either. I suppose we could always snip their nads off, but then this
would
> >be a
> >> bit of a bummer if one was later found to be innocent and of course is
> >sexist
> >> since it wouldn't work with the females who also commit such acts
against
> >> children.
> >>
>
> >Oh LOVELY, from Mr. NO DEATH PENALTY.
> >Let's just torture them, that's more fun.  Uh huh.
>
>
>
> Jim, I think you're maybe over-reacting. If cutting the gonad off prevents
> any possibility of them doing it again. Then I would say "go for it",
> assuming guilt is certain. Having removed the danger, we can then debate
> execution at leisure.
>
>
>
>                   All the best,
>                         Angus Manwaring.       (for e-mail remove
ANTISPEM)
>

I don't really think so.  His premise before was that the death penalty is
"barbaric".  Well torture of this degree and let them live with it IMHO
is FAR more barbaric and it has no scientific validity in preventing
future crimes.

                Jim

"No receiver of the Death Penalty ever became a repeat offender" ;-)
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