tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047905143635024262.post59838928707115309..comments2007-08-03T14:12:15.853-07:00Comments on Know Thyself: Hell to paygrandma bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018469048642674682noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047905143635024262.post-27164388069598318712007-01-04T09:18:00.000-08:002007-01-04T09:18:00.000-08:00there is a story today about a little boy in houst...there is a story today about a little boy in houston who accidentally hung himself. he had watched news footage of the execution just earlier, and they think he was acting it out, not fully understanding it was real.<br /><br />i know i'm ranting, but this execution was wrong on so many levels. it will be impossible to track all of the fallout. i guess the news story kicked me in the gut precisely because the consequences of supremely bad judgment at the top trickle down in ways both predictable and not.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047905143635024262.post-51726071454392335862007-01-01T20:48:00.000-08:002007-01-01T20:48:00.000-08:00Me too, GB, me too.Me too, GB, me too.Rev Dr Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11607665272056430039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047905143635024262.post-74682444567681558052006-12-30T19:44:00.000-08:002006-12-30T19:44:00.000-08:00Ugh.Ugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047905143635024262.post-73052204596595911032006-12-30T17:02:00.000-08:002006-12-30T17:02:00.000-08:00kathy a, right, everything that has been done alon...kathy a, right, everything that has been done along the way has been done without regard to law or even simple human decency. What an example we've set.grandma bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018469048642674682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047905143635024262.post-33828106326594609572006-12-30T16:47:00.000-08:002006-12-30T16:47:00.000-08:00(hangs head in shame)(hangs head in shame)Yankee, Transferredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06627693160131161133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047905143635024262.post-26045184746445722532006-12-30T16:14:00.000-08:002006-12-30T16:14:00.000-08:00There have been quite a number of distressed and a...There have been quite a number of distressed and ashamed posts in the American blogosphere. Gives me some hope for us as a nation. We're not *all* celebrating the man's death.Ahniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07528681032138953939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047905143635024262.post-31076168928639622762006-12-30T15:14:00.000-08:002006-12-30T15:14:00.000-08:00oh, GB, yes.
and on top of all that, we have sh...oh, GB, yes. <br /><br />and on top of all that, we have shown the world how *not* to run a trial of someone accused of genocide. the whole thing was a disgrace. particularly given the unsettled situation in iraq, his trials should have been held in an international court, and the process should have included all the crimes. it should have included what we call due process [stuff like knowing the evidence against one], and enough protection that defense lawyers didn't keep getting killed off. there has to be some kind of meaningful appeals court review, but the whole deal was rubber-stamped and the execution carried out within weeks.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.com