It might not have been official approval but lynchings of blacks and such were not often prosecuted and i remember one trial when it was prosecuted the white men were aquitted.
So it might not have been official approval but the population and people in power agreed with it even if they didnt say so openly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Heald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 1:36 PM 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 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 1:32 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: An eye for an eye... > > > How often, up to and including the 50's have there been lynching exactly > like that in the US. All together too often with official approval. Whether > it is islamic based sharia law or American vigilante justice, the effects > are the same. > > larry > > At 11:14 AM 1/13/03 -0700, you wrote: > >That would qualify as cruel and unusual and last I looked, weve had that > >forever! DRE > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: William H. Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:05 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: An eye for an eye... > > > > > > > > > um... when exactly did the US practice "eye for an eye" justice? > > > > > > Can't seem to recall any chopping off of limbs for stealing > > > or stonings for adultery. > > > > > > will > > > ---- > > > > > > William H. Bowen > > > Webmaster > > > > > > ALSTOM's T&D Energy Automation & Information Business > > > > > > "Your friendly neighborhood Webmaster!" > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.esca.com/ > > > > > > 425.739.3629 Voice > > > 425.466.7016 Cell > > > 425.739.3690 FAX > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 8:45 AM > > > Subject: RE: An eye for an eye... > > > > > > > > > > Remember only a short while ago, this was the exact same > > > justice that > > > > was done in the US. Does that mean we should be sanctioned > > > the same. I > > > > seem to remember the phrase, let he who is without sin cast > > > the first > > > > stone. > > > > > > > > larry > > > > > > > > At 10:35 AM 1/13/03 -0600, you wrote: > > > > >What I don't get is how hard the guy tried to make the > > > point that he > > > > >was NOT crazy when he did the act. Almost like he was > > > proud of it. I > > > > >made the point before - I know people say we should respect other > > > > >cultures - but a culture that feels this kind of act is > > > justified is > > > > >sick. (Although at least the judicial system said he was wrong.) > > > > > > > > > >-rc > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Adam Reynolds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:31 AM > > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > > Subject: RE: An eye for an eye... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I kinda like this type of justice.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > > Sent: 13 January 2003 15:30 > > > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > > > Subject: An eye for an eye... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ...a leg for a leg... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.themercury.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=34392 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
