Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Catrike Ryder Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: 8 & 9 year old girls riding bicycles Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2024 07:16:50 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 59 Message-ID: References: <347kmjhemc3c7d9pesu2h69599nqlnhbma@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:16:54 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="42de63fabc36ae7527e2cadbe3097680"; logging-data="1953387"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18XEFWMN7WtloKy30wdBmWfMz2xnDTJLVs=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:J4p+DsuOlLQHLM1lH2G2AVxx+gw= Bytes: 2975 On 24 Dec 2024 12:09:03 GMT, Roger Merriman wrote: >Frank Krygowski wrote: >> On 12/23/2024 10:20 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote: >>> On Tue, 24 Dec 2024 09:46:18 +0700, John B. >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:02:49 -0600, AMuzi wrote: >>>> >>>>> Raped and murdered by one of Uncle Joe's pals: >>>>> >>>>> https://nypost.com/2024/12/23/us-news/victims-shattered-kin-wants-biden-to-explain-to-our-faces-stunning-death-row-christmas-clemency/ >>>> >>>> >>>> But, But, But... you have all those people back there weeping and >>>> crying about how cruel the death sentence is. >>>> >>>> Personally I believe that the individuals and family involved in >>>> crimes like murder and rape should have a right to say, hang him or >>>> let him go. >>> >>> Yes, but life imprisonment saves money: >>> >>> "The death penalty is far more expensive than a system utilizing life >>> without parole sentences as an alternative punishment." >> >> In addition to the expense (in Tax Dollars!!!)... >> >> Biden is Catholic, and the Catholic Church is officially against the >> death penalty. >> >They also have significant problems with Pedophilia and protecting folks >within the Catholic church. > > >> AFAIK there's no evidence it acts as a real deterrent. > >I’m told so yes, ie the punishment be that long terms of death doesn’t >alter such crimes. >> >> Immoral (according to at least many experts in morality), expensive, >> ineffective ... >> >> What were the arguments in favor of it? >> >It’s vengeance eye for eye rather than justice. > >Which is broadly what the last hangmen in uk felt. > >Roger Merriman > > Justice is a subjective evaluation. -- C'est bon Soloman