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zeke@fasttech.com (Bohdan Tashchuk) writes:

>In <C0E7pF.9yv@bcstec.ca.boeing.com> sjm2458@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (The Steve-meister) writes:

>>o  The party-like atmosphere with people singing and rejoycing about how
>>   *great* it is to put someone to death.

>If I were in Walla Walla last night, I think I would have simply felt quiet
>satisfaction. Some people literally shot off fireworks, and that seems to be
>in quite poor taste. We should treat all people with dignity, even while
>executing them. (A strange sentence, that last, isn't it?)

The bOregonian had an editorial on this, criticizing the people who were
there celebrating Dodd's death.  The celebration was tacky and ghoulish,
but it should also be recognized for what it is: one more sign that the 
general public is fed up with the way our government works.

People are tired of repeat offenders being let loose only to rob, maim,
or kill other innocent victims.  One of the most shocking things about
this case was that someone who was clearly guilty was put to death 
relatively quickly.

If you were to ask the "man on the street", she would say that our 
judicial system was not working.  Some would say that the fix is to 
stiffen sentences, others to say that more money should be spent in 
programs to help repeat offenders or to prevent people from getting 
entangled in the justice system in the first place.  But hardly
anyone thinks the justice system --- or any government system --- is 
working very well.

Ross Perot is a sign of this.  Measure 5 is a sign of this.  And it's
about time that the government start listening.  

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