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HollowHorn wrote:Never mind all that, did you see that shell suit?
well skelpt coupon wrote:Howdy,
I'm surprised it took so long to let him go, Mr. MacCaskill seems to want the prisons emptied as a matter of policy.
But listening to him spouting crap about Megrahi "facing a higher power" makes me wonder if our justice system is the new religion. Who needs God when politicians can dispense forgiveness?
Regards
HollowHorn wrote:Never mind all that, did you see that shell suit? Let that be a lesson to the bugger.
Bing Buzby wrote:I think Kenny MacAskill has done a good job here. It appears to me that he is saying that Megrahi is a murdering prick but we as a nation place compassion and justice above revenge.
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onyirtodd wrote:Bing Buzby wrote:I think Kenny MacAskill has done a good job here. It appears to me that he is saying that Megrahi is a murdering prick but we as a nation place compassion and justice above revenge.
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Do we really? I've always thought that the nation's overwhelming enthusiasm for revenge is the reason why we'll never be offered a referendum on capital punishment.
Gallup Review Compares Support for Capital Punishment Among Countries - An examination of recent Gallup surveys in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada found that Americans are more supportive of the death penalty than are either Britons or Canadians. An October 2005 poll of Americans measured support for the death penalty at 64%, a figure that was significantly higher than the 44% support measured in Canada and the 49% support found in Great Britain during December 2005 polls. Support for the death penalty recently declined in both Great Britain and Canada, but remained the same in the U.S. as in 2003. (Nevertheless, American support for the death penalty is equal to its lowest level in 27 years.) In all three nations, support for capital punishment was lowest among those who were 18-29 years old. (Gallup Poll press release, "Death Penalty Gets Less Support From Britons, Canadians Than Americans," February 20, 2006).
Josef wrote:You reckon? My gut feeling is that Onny is right - the majority of folk in the UK would vote for it.
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cheesemonster wrote:I know people who would vote for it regardless.
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