Russell Chapman wrote: > Doug quoted: > >> "Two thirds of the known executions of child offenders in >> the past decade were carried out in the USA", the organization > > > Don't you just love the way AI uses the words "Child Offenders" and > "Children" over and over throughout the article. You get this image of > a tear-streaked and bewildered 10 year old being led up to the chair... > The reality of the 17 year olds who have been criminals for half their > life, and have zero respect for the law or society (or indeed, life > itself) never enters the picture. > > Similarly, the 200 to 300 mentally retarded inmates conjures up images > of Rain Man or some drooling vegetable. The statistic is actually for > people with "some form of mental retardation" which could mean nothing > more than he's "dumber than shit".... > > I'm against the execution of minors, but this sort of rhetoric is just > so over the top....
Hey, it's no worse than the Bush admin's war rhetoric.... Doug Oh, is that a bad example? 8^) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
