RE: Scouted: Okay to execute innocent?

2003-08-14 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ronn!Blankenship ... Most people who have studied it say that rape is a crime of _violence_, and that the sexual assault is only the way in which it is carried out. I fail to see the legitimate need a

Re: Scouted: Okay to execute innocent?

2003-08-14 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 3:45 PM Subject: Re: Scouted: Okay to execute innocent? On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 01:14:44PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I should think this one

Scouted: Okay to execute innocent?

2003-08-14 Thread TomFODW
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/12/national/12DEAT.html(note: free registration required) Signs Grow of Innocent People Being Executed, Judge Says By ADAM LIPTAK A federal judge in Boston said yesterday that there was mounting evidence innocent people were being executed. But he

RE: Scouted: Okay to execute innocent?

2003-08-14 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ronn!Blankenship ... Again, a straw man. Nobody is saying that people do these things because they can't deal with their needs legitimately. That is what it sounded like you were saying: It's the

RE: Scouted: Okay to execute innocent?

2003-08-14 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 08:04 AM 8/13/03 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ronn!Blankenship ... How would making our (I presume you mean the U.S.?) society more just stop a would-be rapist from ever committing his first rape? Or a

Re: Scouted: Okay to execute innocent?

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
William T Goodall wrote: On Wednesday, August 13, 2003, at 08:22 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: How would making our (I presume you mean the U.S.?) society more just stop a would-be rapist from ever committing his first rape? Or a pedophile from molesting his first young victim? Or an

RE: Scouted: Okay to execute innocent?

2003-08-14 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 08:46 PM 8/13/03 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ronn!Blankenship ... Most people who have studied it say that rape is a crime of _violence_, and that the sexual assault is only the way in which it is

Re: Scouted: Okay to execute innocent?

2003-08-14 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 01:28 PM 8/13/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Wednesday, August 13, 2003, at 08:22 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: How would making our (I presume you mean the U.S.?) society more just stop a would-be rapist from ever committing his first rape? Or a pedophile from molesting his first

Re: Scouted: Okay to execute innocent?

2003-08-14 Thread William T Goodall
On Wednesday, August 13, 2003, at 08:22 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: How would making our (I presume you mean the U.S.?) society more just stop a would-be rapist from ever committing his first rape? Or a pedophile from molesting his first young victim? Or an already well-paid company official

Re: Scouted: Okay to execute innocent?

2003-08-14 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 07:26:18PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sorry, that utilitarian argument is, to me, despicable. You did ask for it. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___

Re: Scouted: Okay to execute innocent?

2003-08-14 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 01:14:44PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I should think this one was a gimme: a SINGLE innocent person executed is an affront to standards of decency at any time, any place. I'd like to hear someone try to argue the opposite. While I tend to agree with you, Tom, due

Re: Scouted: Okay to execute innocent?

2003-08-14 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Scouted: Okay to execute innocent? Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:14:44 EDT http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/12/national/12DEAT.html(note: free registration required) Alternatively you can use