What the hell does his being a "dying man" have to do with it? That is the part of this I do not get at all.
Doesn't "life in prison" mean "dying in jail"? And yes, those other atrocities are atrocities, and the people involved should be prosecuted, and either get the death penalty, or life in jail. But the fact that a main in the 70s was released from jail has no bearing on this case. Nor does the nationality of either the perpetrator or the victims. This guy should still be rotting in jail. I cannot effect the other cases. I can hope that we can change the laws to disallow this in the future. On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > You say that killing 284 innocent civilians in an aircraft is terrorism and > beyond the pale. What about torturing, raping, mutilating and killing almost > 500 innocent civilians who were asleep in their villages. > > Is there something about aircraft that makes them special? Or is it as you > claim the other atrocities (My Lai and Song My) occurred 40 years ago. > > OK you've just put a time limit on atrocity. So the next question is that > should we still be pursuing those who participated in the Holocaust? That > long horror happened over 60 years ago. Should we have deported John > Demjanjuk to Germany to face over 27,000 counts of accessory to murder for > his actions at the Sobibor extermination camp? Or because his actions during > the holocaust happened in the 1940's he should have been left alone living a > good life. > > OK if there is a difficulty involving the length of time, what about > Baugram in 2001, the Qala-I-Janghi fortress the same year, or Haditha in > 2004? In these situations the Americans who were found to have been involved > in these atrocities have either gone free or had their sentences commuted. > Or is 7 and 5 years too long a time. > > Aside from Americans committing the atrocities on non Americans in those > cases and a non American blowing up a civilian airliner in the other, what > are differences? > > And yes where is the compassion for the victims? Either we treat all the > same, or are there special circumstances because Americans are involved - > either as victims or as perpetrators. In other words if an American was > responsible for the death of hundreds of people he ought to be treated > differently than a Libyan who did the same? > > The point I'm making is what is the moral difference between the two? > You're willing to see a dying man stay in jail, yet let another man go free, > even though the crime is the same. > > I do not understand the difference here. > > > >Larry, I think you are just wrong on this one. > > > >He should not have been released. > > > >Terrorism, killing 240 innocent people by blowing up a civilian passenger > >plane, is beyond the pale. > > > >Where is the compassion for the victims' families? > > > >Things that happened 40 years ago are not relevant, nor is the treatment > of > >prisoners during the War of the Roses. > > > >Relativism in this case is not useful. > > > > > > > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:302466 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
