In my opinion, people who go "WOO HOO AMERICA FUCK YEAH" at executions

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

have a huge flaw of character and are to be generally avoided.

By the way, I believe there are people who think it's OK for the DP to exist but do not possess the aforementioned ugliness. Probably very few, but they exist.

That is all.

[cliffordu]

1. False equivalence, pure and simple. Not even a nice try....

How dare you brand me with the same shit you would the NASCAR crowd??

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

2. Uh...

What?

[badtoworse]

3. No "WOO HOO" here. But I do believe there are times when the DP is appropriate

If you are referring to the Leal case, he deserved to die. I don't celebrate his death, but neither do I feel any sympathy for him.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

4. I see lots of giddy fireworks. Whether from you or not, I don't know.

I don't remember all usernames.

I stand by what I said.

[RZM]

5. I've only seen one thread on it

Some people were celebrating him being put to death, but I don't recall anyone saying 'whoo hoo America yeah.'

Of course, Leal himself did say 'Viva Mexico.' That's sort of close, I guess.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

6. Of course, my argument is only valid if everybody said THOSE EXACT WORDS.

:eyes:

Edit:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=4910956
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=4910783

[RZM]

11. I saw some 'woo hoos' but no references to America at the same time

I would think you would actually need to the latter to justify your headline.

But what do I know ;)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

20. Indeed, what do you know?

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[saras]

7. They're telling the truth about who they really are - that they genuinely get joy from killing

and whatever story they tell about it afterwards, well, that's just a cerebral cortex story, while the pleasure, or revulsion, depending, comes from a deeper brain. There aren't any excuses that explain the difference between someone who performs a necessary killing with sorrow and someone who performs a necessary killing with joy. It's an expression of your personality, not the external event.

[Cereal Kyller]

8. Analytical

Props! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[aikoaiko]

9. I think people's feelings are unimportant when it comes to executions.

Your mileage may vary.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

10. How you distinguish a psychopath from a normal person?

Feelings, that's how.

[aikoaiko]

12. If you say so.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

14. No. Science says so.

You know, science? That evil thing liberals like?

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-psychopath-means

[aikoaiko]

15. You should read that article because it has nothing to do with your OP.

My point, and I know I didn't make this clear, is that I am more concerned with whether or not someone did the crime for which he or she is being executed for. I don't care much if people cheer an execution, cry about, pray, or even don't care much. I just want the punishment to be just.

If you think you can diagnose psychopathy from reactions to executions because you read an article out of a popular science mag, then have it.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

16. I'm not saying what you say I'm saying. Straw man.

[aikoaiko]

21. I think you are correct that I don't know what you're trying to communicate.

But I had no intent to wrongly portray your position.

[MattBaggins]

13. People who take joy in executions

are cut from the same cloth as the person who was executed.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

17. Not always.

After all, sometimes the executed person is innocent.

People who take joy in executions, on the other hand, are creepy assholes with 100% certainty.

[yella_dawg]

18. Whoa!

Where'd you get that mile-wide brush, buddy?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

19. I admit there may be more people in the ''reasonable'' category than I stated in the OP. -nt