Comments on: The mercy seat

by: nadia

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:26:03 +0000

lol
That’s true! I know there are some sensible people in the US, but the government is defenitily not represented by them..

by: Trent Townsend

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:08:58 +0000

“I quite often use this blog to vent my problems with the US too… As long as you seperate the US people from the US government, it’s all fine.”

That’s easy enough to do. The US governement isn’t comprised of people, but monsters :-P

by: Administrator

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:56:16 +0000

I quite often use this blog to vent my problems with the US too… As long as you seperate the US people from the US government, it’s all fine.

by: nadia

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:52:25 +0000

yeah well, don’t get me started on the US, our biggest ‘ally’ happens to act totally naïve when it comes to international law. Almost every western country acknowledges the International Court in The Hague, but not the US, because they don’t want to be reminded of all the things their soldiers are doing in war zones. If they acknowledge the International Court they shouldn’t be allowed to keep on arresting terrorist suspects and keep them locked in Guantanamo Bay. That makes me sick. Do you call that an example for democratic countries?!
Oh, and think about the Kyoto-deal. The US still haven’t signed the contract and yet they’re the biggest polluters (is this english??) of us all. I just think that the US government is being hypocrite.
I can go on like this for hours…

by: Administrator

Sun, 11 Dec 2005 22:10:56 +0000

Heh don’t worry about spelling, English ain’t your native tongue, so who cares :). My msg last night on your blog was in Dutch, and still it took me a pretty long time to fix all the errors (I’m quite surprised I even bothered ;) ).

But anyway, I agree with just about every word you said. Death penalty, just like violence in general, is for the weak (typically American, in other words). Murder… As punishment for a murderer… Err. Don’t we condemn totaliterian regimes in the Islamic world for ie. chopping the hand off of thiefs? Yet we allow our “biggest” “ally” to murder whoever the fcuk they want?

by: nadia

Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:14:50 +0000

oh yeah, now i’m the one making mistakes in my spelling lol
their –> they’re

(being ashamed of myself right now)

by: nadia

Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:11:28 +0000

Kippevel! (goose bumps)!! I think countries that still perform dead penalties got lost in time somewhere..
Who are you to decide if one should die? If you execute a person who has committed murder you’re no better than the criminal. That’s my opinion. Everyone has the right on a fair trial, doesn’t matter if you’re a terrorist or a thief, and i think you can punish criminals on more ways than just execute them. Not that i’m a big fan of the dutch justice department. Can someone tell Donner that there’s a ‘tbs’er’ on the lose again? But executing is not an option, in my point of view.
And yes, i agree, there are some people in this world that are just sooo wrong that i wouldn’t mind either if they happen to choke on their food or something. Think Bin Laden, Geert Wilders, Rita Verdonk, George Bush, and other people who can only see hate and disrespect. But it’s their right to have a different opinion than me, although i still think i’m right and their wrong :P

Nadia

by: Trent Townsend

Sun, 11 Dec 2005 18:41:31 +0000

“* I am against the death penalty in any shape or form; ”

A single person being put to death for a crime they didn’t commit is of course, one mistake too many, and I recall more than one case where it was discovered years later, where this had been the case.

“* I think some people have no right to live. ”

While I certainly wouldn’t advocate killing anybody, I’d be just as happy if say Mr. Bush were to suddenly drop dead of a stroke :-/

Some people do more damage than good, and he IMO, is one of them. People directly involved with Monsanto would be others, but I digress.