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1. #832237
   On October 29th, 2009 at 4:23 pm, emjem24 said:

   Mainah said:
   Roland, maybe if you lived it, you would feel differently. And believe me when I say that I believe in the death penalty. More than believe in it. But it does not have to make us inhuman or inhumane. For any person to read through some of the above thread and NOT cringe at the bloodlust would be hard. we do not need to relish their pain, we just need to rid the world of them. and no, I was not saying we are just like them. I was saying we do not ever want to be.

   You have got to be kidding, right? To want these people who did monstrous things to “suffer” and see justice done is not “bloodlust.” Your experience does not represent the experiences of all crime victims and their families. I lost a high school classmate, who I worked side by side with, to a similar fate as the two young kids in Tennessee.

   She was tied up, raped, and strangled. The rest of her family was tied up and shot dead. Their home was set on fire to hide evidence. All for a BURGLERY. The good news is that the black mother and son duo who did this were caught. The son was shot dead by the police in a shoot out and the mother is still in prison.

   Perhaps, if we had more public executions, these pieces of filth would think twice. As for people like me, who have to live with the aftereffects, the fear, the anger, and the grief, it reminds us that there will always be monsters out there ready to hurt us.

   You can pray to God and think you’re better than the rest of us, but at the end of the day it’s up to God to judge us. Not you or anybody else.

   One more thought, I may not be overly religious but I despise people out there who think because they go to church every Sunday (like my liberal brother-in-law and his saintlike family) that that makes them better than the rest of us. I hate this moralizing BS who wants empathy for scum like this monster just to feel that being a good Christian makes you a “better” human being.

   Religion doesn’t protect any of us. I have no problem with religion or those who practice it, only in those who are hypocrites for not following its tenants and lecturing the rest of us on what we’re missing in our own lives.

2. #832252
   On October 29th, 2009 at 4:48 pm, gunslingerpatriot said:

   I am a Christian and would be willing to empty out my IRA (as a donation to the charity of the Christian/Newsome families) to flip the switch and execute these people.

   GSP
   

3. #832363
   On October 29th, 2009 at 7:51 pm, CW4_KGP said:

   mainah,

   Some of us HAVE lived it. And there can be no rest in our soul until justice, real true justice, is done.

   Hurt my child, hurt my wife, hurt my dog and I will hunt you down like the rabid animal you are and hurt you more. No empty threat. A full blown promise.

   (Note: “You”, as used above is the collective, not a personalization, and should not be taken as a threat to anyone in particular at this time.)

4. #832430
   On October 29th, 2009 at 11:40 pm, Dan Lee said:

   I’m from Tennessee.. I would prefer to have them all hanging from the gallows in the Public Square in Knoxville, until the buzzards pick them down to the bone.. Good example for other current or “would be” Hood Rats..

5. #832564
   On October 30th, 2009 at 10:27 am, Dexter Alarius said:

   I would not criticize this jury for taking eight hours. It means they are doing their job.

   I wonder what they did for the other 7 hours and 59 minutes.

6. #832619
   On October 30th, 2009 at 11:59 am, yohannbiimu said:

   If this had been a black couple who had been savaged and murdered by a white man, it would most certainly had gotten a LOT of coverage–the race-hustlers would have been screaming that it was a “hate crime,” and there probably would be marches throughout America on its anniversary to mark how far America had to go as far as its race relations and “social justice.”

   Just pointing out the obvious…that’s all…

7. #832630
   On October 30th, 2009 at 12:13 pm, yohannbiimu said:

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   On October 29th, 2009 at 4:23 pm, emjem24 said:

   One more thought, I may not be overly religious but I despise people out there who think because they go to church every Sunday (like my liberal brother-in-law and his saintlike family) that that makes them better than the rest of us. I hate this moralizing BS who wants empathy for scum like this monster just to feel that being a good Christian makes you a “better” human being.

   Religion doesn’t protect any of us. I have no problem with religion or those who practice it, only in those who are hypocrites for not following its tenants and lecturing the rest of us on what we’re missing in our own lives.

   So many “Christians” have no idea what the Bible says, and only have this weak, squishy FEELING about everything that says that the criminal is the REAL victim, and that he needs compassion, not punishment and justice as the consequences for his vile actions. If you go through God’s commandments, it tells clearly that for the taking of a life, the taker’s must be taken. I do not believe that there is anyplace where God changed his mind on this issue.

   Capital punishment is the result of Adam’s fall–he is the blame for all rebellion, corruption, fraud, and death throughout history…for one act of disobedience. How anyone can argue that their beliefs that are based upon the BIBLE tell them that capital punishment is wrong is beyond me. It comes from people who don’t read and understand the scriptures that they purportedly hold to.

8. #832823
   On October 30th, 2009 at 6:11 pm, Mainah said:

   once again, I am for the death penalty in certain cases. I am not for torturing anyone to death. I am also not a church-goer, a Bible thumper, nor do I think (or have I ever said) I am better than anyone. what I did say was that I think it is wrong to want to tortue to death any human being. even the one that killed my 3 yr old son. I would have been ok with him getting the death penalty, but I would not have watched. I have had my fill of evil for a lifetime. I prefer to die without the blood of any living person on my hands or conscience. If that makes me less than in anyones eyes, then so be it.

9. #833513
   On November 1st, 2009 at 11:14 am, zeroangel said:

   Maniah:

   You are right and you are a decent person. I’m with you.