Officials did take part in some of these lynching, many officials were part of groups such as the KKK which lynched people on several occasions.
Also the fact that in those states these people were not prosecuted does give it official approval, not directly, but indirectly, and it is still just as bad. > -----Original Message----- > From: Timothy Heald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 1:36 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: An eye for an eye... > > With official approval? What are you talking about? Lynchings are by > nature illegal acts of vigilantes and criminals. > > Larry you normally love to throw around factual data. It's one of the > things I liked about you a lot. You didn't argue an opinion without some > sort of fact or stat to back it up, but this is silly. We have never > tortured people legally in this country. Now some might make the argument > that some prisons amounted to torture, but that's different. Have we > carried out executions? Of course. This is legal in this and many other > countries. But that's not the topic at hand (hehe). > > Tim > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
