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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:43 PM Original message |
Poll question: Should the dying Charles Manson 'follower' be released? |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. No. |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
80. No, but I wouldn't be upset if they did. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. She didn't release a pregnant woman begging for her child's life. |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yeah, that part of her story leaves me cold |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
38. Yes. She cruelly taunted Tate and told her that she and her baby were going to die. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Deleted sub-thread |
Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. No. Not until Sharon Tate can be released from her young |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. I wish I were a better person, |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yes |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. Why? Why is it costng more to kep her in than to release her? |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Her husband would probably get stuck with the bills. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #45 |
83. k. I wasn't aware she was married. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
48. is that a current picture of hers? |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. From today |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:42 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. I think it's from her interview with Diane Sawyer in 2002 - Video link: |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
53. Who do you think it's going to cost if she's released? |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:59 AM Response to Reply #53 |
179. Her husband has said |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. Only for the comfort of her family |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Seems like some prison hospital compromise could be arranged. nt |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:56 AM Response to Reply #11 |
156. That's what I think too. Let the family have some extended privileges |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
67. You make a good point. n/t |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
99. as i understnd it, they don't want her |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #99 |
123. I think you are confused |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
198. That's a good point |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. Spending hundreds of thousands of dollars |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. makes sense nt |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Along with protecting the public, the purpose of prison is to punish people. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Is she really being punished more? |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I think that if this were about some other 99% of the people in for the same crime.. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. Why do we punish people? |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. She can't move and she can barely speak. Who are we protecting? |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
56. Justice |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. That isn't justice. But nice try. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
50. not only that, but apparently she's been as rehabilitated as one could possibly be. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
199. Prison is also used to punish criminal behavior. What she did and who she did it with were V I L E |
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Dramarama (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. Charlie more than her |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. Compassionate grounds |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
57. I wish for Susan Atkins all the compassion that she showed to Sharon Tate... |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. That is not the nature of compassion. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
103. And it shouldn't. |
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thecrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. NO |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Calm down thecrow, I understand 'sentenced to life in prison' alright, I was... |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. California allowed for the possibility of parole at the time she was sentenced. |
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thecrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
61. She got a review... her 18th. She lost it. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #61 |
74. Yes she did. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
189. She got her parole hearing. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #189 |
195. No one is suggesting a violation of due process |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
16. No. She was there during the Tate and La Bianca killings. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. No |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
19. "I don't care" isn't a choice? n/t |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. LOL - I figured the 'I don't care' crew wouldn't click on the thread |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
21. Only if we can get a good energy deal with some country. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. I am such a conflicted sap |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I'm with you Stinky |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. I am also with you. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
24. No |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. No. So long as her medical treatment continues for whatever she needs, no. |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
27. Nowhere did I see an expression of remorse or regret |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. She expressed a shit load of remorse and regret. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #31 |
143. Thank you for the link. |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #143 |
152. Thank you for the comment |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:25 AM Response to Reply #152 |
173. You are welcome. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. McCain can negotiate her release to Libya to receive a hero's welcome. n/t |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
33. I say release her. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
34. Other than Arlen Specter, we don't follow Scottish law here.... |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Chalk and cheese justice systems, that's certainly true. |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
36. I'm voting no |
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Beer on a stick (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
37. If Vince Bugliosi doesn't have a problem with it, neither do I |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
39. Of course she should. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. The No voters are full of vengeful hate. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Your post 32 should end this discussion. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. The problem is that it won't. These people want to see her suffer. |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. I don't want to see her suffer |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. Why do you want her to serve out her sentence? |
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NCDem60 (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #64 |
89. If she had served out.... |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. Why? What is the purpose of imprisonment? |
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NCDem60 (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #91 |
186. She wasn't sentenced to prison. |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #64 |
100. Life in prison |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #100 |
114. You didn't answer my question. You are simply stating the obvious. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #41 |
73. Why? |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #73 |
78. Yes, I would advocate for Manson's release if he was as ill as her. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #78 |
86. If I were a member of her family, I'd be wearing a paper bag on my head. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #78 |
88. I'll answer that question |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. Well then clearly you don't know a lot about psychology or sociology. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #90 |
94. Clearly |
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subcomhd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #94 |
141. he's writing a term paper on "real life." nt |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #90 |
105. You keep using that response like a weapon. |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #105 |
106. Amen. Hopefully, wisdom will come with age. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:00 AM Response to Reply #106 |
110. I'm thinking about another 40-50 years. n/t |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #106 |
116. Wisdom doesn't come with age. That is clearly evident in this thread. |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 03:30 AM Response to Reply #116 |
180. apparently your vast experience hasn't allowed you to make that escape just yet |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:08 AM Response to Reply #105 |
112. Obviously I think I'm right. Otherwise I wouldn't be arguing with you. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #112 |
132. Neither, nor did I say I was; |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:25 AM Response to Reply #132 |
134. I tend to lose respect for people who wish such horrible things on someone else. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #134 |
138. Hmmmmmmm........... |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #138 |
140. I'm not disrespecting you. I'm simply speaking my mind. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #140 |
155. Fascinating response. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:06 AM Response to Reply #155 |
165. Wait, are we do stand-up? |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:16 AM Response to Reply #165 |
169. Jeebus, an elephant? |
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subcomhd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #132 |
142. Oh, you think he's good on this? You should have read his passionate defense of Limbaugh. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:39 AM Response to Reply #142 |
145. haha. I'm glad I have a classic me. Playing the devils advocate is a necessity... |
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subcomhd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #145 |
153. dude, I love reading your stuff. That's not sarcastic. I usually don't agree with you but |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:59 AM Response to Reply #153 |
163. Who knows. You might get a 180 from me in here. I doubt it... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #78 |
191. " If you were the loved one of Sharon Atkins, how would you feel" |
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GaYellowDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
82. And the Yes voters don't give a damn for the victims or their families. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Oh okay. Please explain to me why someone wouldn't want her released. |
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GaYellowDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #84 |
98. I replied in the edit. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #82 |
127. I am fully aware of the circumstances surrounding the murder. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
107. I voted no. |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
42. She committed a hate crime -- Helter Skelter was a scheme to foment racial warfare . . . |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Actually it wasn't really that |
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Saboburns (690 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
52. There's something about this crime and these people that make people react . |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. In a time when the predominant discussion among the Baby Boomers |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. First off, there is no such thing as "evil". It's a term that people use to invoke... |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Oh, it's out there, all right |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Your argument is riddled with hyperbolic language. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:13 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. I suppose you think Sharon Tate is "at peace" |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. She's isn't at peace or suffering. She is dead. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. And may the Manson family's continued existence |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. The Tate murders were 20 years before I was born. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. Ah, so I see the problem here |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. I don't think this is ancient history... |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #87 |
93. Really, I'm sorry that you don't "get" the concept of justice |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #60 |
68. She can do that in a prison hospital. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. I think being forced to slowly die in a prison hospital alone is torture. |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Forced to die slowly? Do you think she should be euthanized? |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. ahh that is an excellent question... |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #68 |
109. I suspect there are a lot of uninsured, terminally ill people |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:41 AM Response to Reply #68 |
182. I think at long last, losing her mother at 14 abandoned by her father |
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NCDem60 (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #60 |
92. I am really glad for you if.... |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #92 |
97. I was waiting for that... |
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NCDem60 (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #97 |
187. Please do not truncate my statements to change their meaning. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:08 AM Response to Reply #60 |
113. So, |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #113 |
115. There is no such thing as absolute good or absolute evil. You are correct. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #115 |
117. I don't recall using the term "absolute". |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #117 |
120. So are you talking about right and wrong actions? Yes both exist. |
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Jackeens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
59. For anyone interested link to (video) interview with Susan Atkins here: |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
65. Sure... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
76. Absolutely not. |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
95. I hope her death is peaceful and pain free, and in prison |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
96. That's not for me to say. It was the families of the victims who spoke against it |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
101. Hell no! |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
102. delete |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
104. Here are two opinions from the prosecutors in the case: |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
108. She should die in prison. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
111. Reading some of the comments- it's really not hard to see why America breeds people like Ms. Atkins |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:15 AM Response to Reply #111 |
122. explain please. eom |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #122 |
125. Think about it... |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #125 |
126. I have and I don't see it...explain your position, please. eom |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #126 |
177. Apparently you haven't |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 04:31 AM Response to Reply #111 |
181. Yup, we're horrible trolls. |
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subcomhd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
118. She isn't in prison. |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #118 |
121. its good that she symbolically dies in prison. eom |
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subcomhd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:20 AM Response to Reply #121 |
128. frankly I don't give a shit one way or the other. nt |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
119. Vengeance is not mine...vengeance is the province of a system we only think we hold dear... |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:21 AM Response to Reply #119 |
129. Now I will have nightmares |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #129 |
166. Well...but I love you... |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #166 |
174. says me too |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:23 AM Response to Reply #119 |
131. You should have labeled your post to warn us. Thanks for being so considerate. |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:25 AM Response to Reply #131 |
135. reality sometimes sucks. eom |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #135 |
136. Well I would have liked to have been prepared before I looked. You know like not eating. |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:30 AM Response to Reply #136 |
137. sometimes its best to get the full, raw taste of evil. Can't get that if you prepare for it. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #137 |
139. That's not "evil". It's a grizzly crime scene. |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #139 |
144. That "grizzly crime scene" is a result of the evil contained in Atkins. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #144 |
146. We don't contain "evil". That would require evil to be tangible. |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #146 |
150. Atkins contained evil. Many things are concepts constructed by man... |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:57 AM Response to Reply #150 |
157. We are subjective beings. We observe what we perceive to be reality... |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:59 AM Response to Reply #157 |
160. The mind is not tangible, and is the perfect place for the non tangible evil to exist. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #160 |
164. Maybe I should be asking you what you mean by "evil"... |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:17 AM Response to Reply #164 |
170. Evil is in opposition to good. And no...it is not absolute... |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:18 AM Response to Reply #164 |
171. btw...thanks for the discussion...must sleep now. eom |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #146 |
151. Mm, well, Walgreens is a concept constructed by man |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:57 AM Response to Reply #151 |
158. I'm not following your path of logic. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:59 AM Response to Reply #158 |
161. Understood |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:21 AM Response to Reply #161 |
172. So could you enlighten me? |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:46 AM Response to Reply #172 |
176. "evil" is not per se an oriental concept, it is an *occidental* concept... |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:19 AM Response to Reply #146 |
183. Does artistic talent have to be tangible before you would believe that it exists? |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
124. I can't believe I'm going to say this, but..let her go. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
130. How about we worry about the millions of non-violent drug offenders in prison, instead? |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #130 |
133. very much agree. eom |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
147. Yes |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
148. I'm amazed at some of the posts here |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:59 AM Response to Reply #148 |
162. There's a hell of a lot of compassion on this thread. |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:12 AM Response to Reply #162 |
168. I didn't miss anything |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
149. If we had compassion as one of our values, she would |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:59 AM Response to Reply #149 |
159. I think people believe that being compassionate means that you are weak. |
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subcomhd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
154. sharon tate after meeting atkins |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
167. Yes, absolutely. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
175. She is dying... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
178. Fuck, no. She can die in the prison infirmary. |
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mindfulNJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
184. Wow. I just realized |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
185. What hospital is going to take her without insurance? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
188. If she wanted a shorter sentence she could have taken a needle in the arm years ago. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
190. Unlike Megrahi (the Lockerbie patsy), she appears to be guilty of the crime. |
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NotThisTime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
192. No, she's getting what she deserves for what she did... she's getting more than she deserves, I'd |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
193. The quality of mercy is not strained. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
194. No, but I could go the other way. |
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davidpdx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
196. No |
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scrinmaster (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
197. Nope, |
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