tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post3229622795436254387..comments2024-01-02T18:05:23.666-06:00Comments on Streak's Blog: Sally Kern as member of IndigNationStreakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-16088628566806796112011-09-16T14:45:13.322-05:002011-09-16T14:45:13.322-05:00I am with you, Smitty. I see no upside to the Dea...I am with you, Smitty. I see no upside to the Death Penalty and tremendous downside. Plus, I don't think the supporters recognize just how bloodthirsty they are.Streakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-52737844021405442292011-09-15T19:47:04.158-05:002011-09-15T19:47:04.158-05:00The problem comes with making certain that the acc...<i>The problem comes with making certain that the accused is really guilty. If the evidence is beyond a reasonable doubt, then fine, pull the switch.</i><br /><br />Therein, anonymous, lies the problem. The evidence against Cameron Todd Willingham for a time was indeed "beyond a reasonable doubt." He was convicted on exactly that standard; our criminal standard of proof we require of The People. And Willingham was killed.<br /><br />But now, postmortem, folks are finding that the case against him was flawed and that we was innocent. Not only not deserving of the death penalty, but factually innocent.<br /><br />People factually guilty die on death row. But so do factually innocent people. Therefore...no death penalty. Ditch it.Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345059376742159966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-16273031915396454922011-09-14T22:45:01.712-05:002011-09-14T22:45:01.712-05:00In theory, there is nothing at all immoral about e...In theory, there is nothing at all immoral about executing someone who has committed a captial crime. The problem comes with making certain that the accused is really guilty. If the evidence is beyond a reasonable doubt, then fine, pull the switch.<br /><br />But governments, at every level, are corrupt. Maybe not 100% corrupt, but corrupt to a large degree. I don't trust any of them. I've caught them in too many lies. I've seen too much evidence against them. And because I don't trust the government to get anything right, I oppose the death penalty. Not because I am unwilling to execute the guilty, but because I don't trust the government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-12593917052458385122011-09-14T12:22:16.015-05:002011-09-14T12:22:16.015-05:00The Tea Party/Repubs don't uniformly hold them...<i>The Tea Party/Repubs don't uniformly hold themselves to their own rules, let alone the Bible.</i><br /><br />A tad off-topic, but speaking of following their rules, I see there is a huge push in the evangelical community to do this <a href="http://www.quiverfull.com/" rel="nofollow">Quiverful</a> thing, where your family strives to lead a "biblical life" by following all of the bible's rules for living, spouses, children, etc.<br /><br />Of course, there is also a website called <a href="http://http://nolongerquivering.com/" rel="nofollow">No Longer Quivering</a>, for women who have left that movement because they were sick of the abuse and depression it yields.Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345059376742159966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-77353597236077968952011-09-14T09:47:54.111-05:002011-09-14T09:47:54.111-05:00"But imagine if all the scriptures were actua...<i>"But imagine if all the scriptures were actually taken as seriously as the ones condemning homosexuality?"</i><br /><br />I am not surprised. The Tea Party/Repubs don't uniformly hold themselves to their own rules, let alone the Bible.<br /><br />They don't trust the Government, but they trust the government to put people to death?<br /><br />They scream about so-called death panels in the health care bill, but killing the innocent in the judicial system is OK?<br /><br />They yell out that it is OK to let a person without insurance die as a result of not taking personal responsibility, but it’s not OK for the Government to demand personal responsibility by requiring insurance or paying a fine?Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12669616484991718478noreply@blogger.com