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kristopher

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3. "As it should"?

Reply to 1000words (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 16, 2013, 08:04 PM

Dec 2013

You think her "crime" presented a threat?

A lot of people would balance the motive against the action and arrive at a conclusion dissimilar to your own.

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Radical nun says answering her Christian calling landed her in prison [View all] bananas Dec 2013 OP

She faces sentencing on Jan. 28 - where is Pope Francis? bananas Dec 2013 #1

I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for francis to say, let alone do, something meaningful with niyad Dec 2013 #13

Actually, breaking into a nuclear facility landed her in prison 1000words Dec 2013 #2

"As it should"? kristopher Dec 2013 #3

Exactly. blackspade Dec 2013 #5

I agree with her cause ... even applaud her actions. 1000words Dec 2013 #6

Really? kristopher Dec 2013 #7

Nope. Just someone who has seen the inside of a jail cell ... 1000words Dec 2013 #8

What was it you wrote? kristopher Dec 2013 #9

Two more words: 1000words Dec 2013 #11

maybe you should read the article before you make any more comments implying that she was niyad Dec 2013 #15

He never said she was stupid. Gore1FL Dec 2013 #18

I said "implied". and the whole tone of his response implied just that. niyad Dec 2013 #19

I guess it's interpretation n/t Gore1FL Dec 2013 #20

The point of civil disobedience is to be punished under the law jberryhill Dec 2013 #12

Not always. kristopher Dec 2013 #21

Ah, so... jberryhill Dec 2013 #23

That's a simplistic deployment of legalistic parsing kristopher Dec 2013 #24

Lots of people are sincere jberryhill Dec 2013 #25

What is the purpose of bringing abortion into this? kristopher Dec 2013 #26

Let's see if we can follow a line of discussion, shall we? jberryhill Dec 2013 #27

Sorry, but you're not following anything except your whims. kristopher Dec 2013 #28

Here's what you said jberryhill Dec 2013 #29

You're doing it again. kristopher Dec 2013 #30

Civil disobedience means she recognizes the disobedience and welcomes the punishment. Gore1FL Dec 2013 #17

"She welcomes the punishment"? kristopher Dec 2013 #22

A brave woman sticking to her principles blackspade Dec 2013 #4

I see a crime here. The crime of leaving a nuclear facility so poorly guarded that three civilians truthisfreedom Dec 2013 #10

. . this. . niyad Dec 2013 #14

Wish she could plead not guilty and I could be on the jury. I would press for not guilty. BlueJazz Dec 2013 #16