I wonder what the reaction would be if Michael Vick said that.
Dannymac Send a noteboard - 14/01/2011 06:18:00 AM
I mean, we don't even shoot dogs in the street all that much, anymore. Maybe we should start burning witches again, as well?
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What motivates someone to pull out all the stops defending the Arizona shooter in court?
13/01/2011 06:46:14 PM
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Because even the guilty are entitled to a full and proper defence.
13/01/2011 06:58:51 PM
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A belief in everyone's right to a defense? *NM*
13/01/2011 07:02:24 PM
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Isn't it a little strange...
13/01/2011 07:08:49 PM
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I don't know anything about the woman or the people she has defended before
13/01/2011 07:10:56 PM
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Timothy Mcveigh, Eric Rudolph, Theodore Kazynski, Zacharias Moussai, Susan Smith...
13/01/2011 07:16:07 PM
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All of these strike me as people who might not get a fair hearing.
13/01/2011 07:18:24 PM
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Re: All of these strike me as people who might not get a fair hearing.
13/01/2011 07:23:15 PM
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So once you sit down and have a heart to heart with your client an discover that he is simply evil..
13/01/2011 07:30:53 PM
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My god, man, take an ethics class.
13/01/2011 07:37:16 PM
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So by your ethics...
13/01/2011 07:40:36 PM
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If he can't be defended he can't be tried and thus he can't be convicted.
13/01/2011 07:44:57 PM
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I suspect he disparages "technicalities" as well. *NM*
13/01/2011 07:48:14 PM
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Maybe he IS insane
13/01/2011 07:17:46 PM
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So what if he is?
14/01/2011 01:11:44 AM
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Capital punishment is more expensive than life in prison.
13/01/2011 07:34:29 PM
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So in other words out of self interest I should admire her? Now THAT's evil...
13/01/2011 07:38:36 PM
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Re:
13/01/2011 07:49:56 PM
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Do you know what happened before there were defence lawyers for all accused? *NM*
13/01/2011 10:37:55 PM
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Do you believe the severity of the crime should affect your defense?
13/01/2011 07:45:16 PM
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No.
13/01/2011 08:44:05 PM
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Have you any way to back up this statement?
13/01/2011 08:49:41 PM
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re:
13/01/2011 09:09:05 PM
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I just get a sense that those principles are worshipped more than the cause they supposedly serve...
13/01/2011 09:19:59 PM
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Take a look at the part of the world who still use the villiage elder system
13/01/2011 09:36:18 PM
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That is one effed up world that I would not want to live in. *NM*
14/01/2011 01:42:34 AM
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the belief that for the system to work everyone needs vigorous defense
13/01/2011 07:37:40 PM
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A belief in justice
13/01/2011 08:24:25 PM
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Personally, I don't see why being insane should excuse anything...
13/01/2011 08:29:25 PM
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He should have been shot in the street like a dog.
14/01/2011 01:09:38 AM
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Vengeance is not justice. *NM*
14/01/2011 01:13:04 AM
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If the person is guilty, it's one in the same.
14/01/2011 01:17:54 AM
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No, it's not: their definitions and concepts are entirely different.
14/01/2011 02:27:13 PM
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Can`t consume blood, actually.
14/01/2011 04:10:57 PM
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That would not be a deterrent to people who are mentally ill. *NM*
14/01/2011 01:25:56 AM
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By that logic nothing would.
14/01/2011 01:29:41 AM
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And by that logic, we should kill people with HIV.
14/01/2011 06:20:03 AM
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Not at all. We should kill people with HIV if they're spreading it knowingly.
14/01/2011 01:31:48 PM
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then we should kill people who spread the flu as well
14/01/2011 04:53:51 PM
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That's absurd.
14/01/2011 08:21:36 PM
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it is absurd and that is my point
14/01/2011 08:54:07 PM
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That's not the issue.
14/01/2011 09:40:00 PM
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why are the different?
14/01/2011 10:02:06 PM
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HIV is incurable.
15/01/2011 07:09:47 AM
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Unless, you know, someone is deliberately spreading flu to old people or people with
15/01/2011 12:32:42 PM
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you are correct that is why we need to fix our mental health system *NM*
14/01/2011 02:22:22 PM
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Not everyone else is doing that. So who else are you trying to deter?
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Everyone.
14/01/2011 08:23:41 PM
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gang members get killed every day by other gang members so I would say it isn't working *NM*
14/01/2011 08:31:29 PM
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If we were executing them publicly in the streets, maybe it would be. *NM*
14/01/2011 08:33:30 PM
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why would you believe that?
14/01/2011 08:58:25 PM
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It's never been tried.
14/01/2011 09:40:54 PM
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did you actually read my reply where I explained that it has been tried?
14/01/2011 09:52:43 PM
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Yes, let's bring back the justice of the lynch mob.
*NM*
14/01/2011 01:44:00 AM
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It is justice if the person is guilty.
14/01/2011 01:32:44 PM
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So how would you determine if the person is guilty and deserved death? Perhaps... with a lawyer? *NM*
15/01/2011 06:05:13 AM
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No, a 5 minute trial wherein the judge watches the video of this guy killing everyone...
15/01/2011 07:05:30 AM
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Because he has absolutely no right to the laws dictated in the U.S. Constitution.
14/01/2011 03:20:58 AM
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The Constitution shouldn't protect these people.
14/01/2011 01:34:19 PM
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14th amendment -- equal protection clause. thanks for playing!
14/01/2011 04:22:17 PM
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I'm not an American.
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And believe me, that shows in more than where you were born. *NM*
14/01/2011 11:28:28 PM
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How do you determine if someone gets Constitutional protection or not?
14/01/2011 08:10:45 PM
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If someone is guilty beyond the shadow of a doubt...
14/01/2011 08:26:36 PM
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He has a reasonable defense.
14/01/2011 11:21:47 PM
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I disagree.
15/01/2011 07:04:38 AM
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That's preposterous.
15/01/2011 10:42:04 PM
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He's not retarded, he's insane.
16/01/2011 12:28:45 AM
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Both are maladies that affect the mind and reasoning processes.
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Then insane still have to pay for what they've done.
16/01/2011 02:53:47 AM
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There's a little flaw in your connection.
16/01/2011 03:14:36 AM
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Again, I disagree.
16/01/2011 04:47:08 AM
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Just because that's your opinion, doesn't mean that's applicable.
17/01/2011 03:07:47 AM
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I wonder what the reaction would be if Michael Vick said that.
14/01/2011 06:18:00 AM
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yes because threat of death works so well on the insane
14/01/2011 02:21:42 PM
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I`ve addressed this already.
14/01/2011 04:08:28 PM
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no you admitted it wouldn't deter them
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Re: no you admitted it wouldn't deter them
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no
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Re: no
14/01/2011 07:35:07 PM
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We recently put a man to death in Texas who was very likely innocent
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Just as an aside... I suppose you have no problem with Muslims cutting off the hand of a thief?
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I invite you to show me where I've criticized the Islamic legal system.
14/01/2011 08:36:22 PM
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OK.
15/01/2011 04:40:56 PM
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I really don't care what Muslims do to each other.
15/01/2011 05:28:52 PM
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I find it hilarious that a clearly guilty man will be defended. Defended against what?
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Because the thought of people with a lynch mob mentality running the show scares them way more than
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