Against capital punishment? What if Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld et al

[Cyrano]

were convicted of war crimes?

Not that I expect this would ever come about. Nonetheless, I would stick by my beliefs and still oppose capital punishment.

My only hope would be that they would be imprisoned in Gitmo or Abu Ghraib under the same guidelines (or lack thereof) they they themselves approved for others who have been and are still there.

[Beaver Tail]

1. Rather see them rot in jail

for the rest of their lives.

[merh]

2. Still oppose capital punishment.

Even if they were the convicted murderers that faced the sentence.

They will not rob me of my values or of my religious beliefs. They don't deserve either and they aren't that powerful. :argh:

[Beaver Tail]

4. ^ Agreeded ^

[Cyrano]

12. "... they aren't that powerful." ???

Okay, but please try repeating that to me when they come to get you and use a cattle prod to alter your belifes of truth, justice and the American way.

Just shout it out. I'll probably be in the nearby cell.

[merh]

13. I'll shout it out!

They are not that powerful!

Paraphrasing Robert Loggia's character in A Jagged Edge "Fuck 'em, they're trash!" :mad:

And hell, with the tasers being assigned to every cop these days, we won't have to wait for the cattle prodding in the camps. They will be using those devices at the next big peace rallies. :cry:

[Cyrano]

15. Don't get pissed off. Just remember the mind-altering power of pain.

[merh]

19. Okay,

I'll shout it out unti they really, really hurt me. Then I will STFU and hide in a corner some where. :cry:

[Cyrano]

20. I don't know how old you are, but I hope you never have to learn

the hard way that you don't have a clue as to what you're saying.

About all I can suggest is for you to go to a veteran's hospital and try to find some people who were tortured. Talk to them. Close your mouth. Learn.

[merh]

21. It's not going to get to that so just stop your assine

silliness.

And if it does, I would rather die than give up my values or who I am.

So if the world turns as you predict, consider me one of the martyrs for the cause. :patriot:

[merh]

22. Oh, and old enough to know

some of the POWs that survived in Nam. :hi:

[marmar]

3. Even for those loathsome beasts...

I'm against capital punishment.

[Mandate My Ass]

5. Prison would be hell for them -- but if there was justice

they'd have a secret flight to an undisclosed country where they hate us for our freedoms.

[MemphisTiger]

6. Rich pampered boys doing hard time,

that would be better than execution. Put them to work in the laundry.

[Tim4319]

7. I would like to see them rot myself!

[fryguy]

not all war crime convictions result in death sentences - n/t

[MuseRider]

8. Suffer years of

incarceration. THAT is what I would most like to see. Death is the easy way out.

[Frederik]

9. They belong in Gitmo

Capital punishment is wrong, but Ï can sympathize with "street justice" when dealing with fascist rulers like Mussolini and Busholini.

[Career Prole]

10. Heck. Just let them go.

Take them to the Green Zone. Put them in one of their under-armored Humvees with G.I. flak vests (not the $600 upgrades they expect parents to pay for) and strap that damned statue of Saddam they're so proud of to the roof of the Humvee.

Tell them that after they've delivered the statue to Prince Bandar they're free to go.

[MemphisTiger]

17. Now that's a good idea

I guess Cheney will not get anymore deferments, and Bush will see some action other than guarding the coast of Texas from Charlie.

[FourStarDemocrat]

11. I'm not against capital punishment for the worst offenders.

So I have no problem at all with it.

[jojo54]

14. Forget capitol punishment!! PUBLIC HUMILIATION!!!

Put them all in those wooden things that held fast your head and hands. Let all the people of the world that they've f*cked over stroll past and call them liars, cheats and war mongers, throw animal (or human if you prefer) feces in their faces, and maybe some can kick their asses, literally. I think that *, Cheney, Rummie, all of them, should be subject to this for as many days as it takes until our soldiers come home from Iraq.

[Cyrano]

18. Those wooden things were called stocks.

And if you stop to think of it, people had their heads and hands locked into position so they couldn't move, with their asses sticking up in the air.

Now just give a moments thought to these puritans of old and think how many of them didn't make a nighttime visit down to someone locked in a stock.

Be insulted if you'd like, stick your fingers in your ears, but if you think what I'm talking about didn't go on back then, I have some Iraqi WMDs to sell you.

[Oversea Visitor]

16. Leave some pieces

of them for the rest of the world to chew on please