On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Larry Lyons<[email protected]> wrote: > >>For the record, I was five when that happened. > > So is there an age limit then? >
Not so much an age limit as its hard to be outraged at stuff like this that happened when we were 5 (I was six when Calley was released). I can tell you that at the time I was not outraged, but having the luxury of maturing (arguably) over the last 34 years, I would be equally outraged if the same thing happened to day. So, your 35 year apart comparison really is kind of worthless. I bet a lot of people on this list were not even alive when Calley was released. SO, lets give them a pass on this one, OK? >> >>No I would not. I do not condone what Timothy McVeigh did either, and >>last time I checked he was American. I was commenting on a RECENT topic. >>Hell, lets go back to the 12th century and condemn Genghis Kahn while we >>are at it. >> >>Sheesh! > > I'm afraid you're missing my point. We condemn al-Megrahi being released on > compassionate grounds since he is dying of terminal cancer. Calley who was > quite healthy at the time, served only 3 years in prison before being > pardoned. > > I'm saying that there is a degree of hypocrisy going on. This country has a > collective temper tantrum over the release of a dying man so he can spend the > last few days of his life with family after he served 8 years of a life > sentance. We release our own people who engaged in atrocities after only 3 > years into a life sentance. > > What's the difference? The difference is, when Calley was release most of us were under the age of ten and probably had not idea what was going on in the world outside of what new toys we had. Got anything more recent...maybe something from the 80's? -- Scott Stroz --------------- The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. - Thomas Jefferson http://xkcd.com/386/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:302453 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
