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Re: McVeigh
> > Yes, he is guilty of murder and I would favour torturing him to death
> > slowly, this is not emotional reactionism, merely a desire for justice
> > and fair punishment.
>
> You do not know for a fact if he is guilty of murder. You only know that
> he was judged guilty. Whatever the truth is, you and I, and everyone else
> discussing this, cannot know. McVeigh himself knows if he did it.
> Witnesses (if any) would also know. This is all speculation.
I thought in my post I qualified that statement with a "If he did it"
line, whatever, it doesn`t really matter, the government will always find
someone to blame. From now on, in this thread, asssume McVeigh ==
"McVeigh, if he did it"
> Personally, I didn't. I don't call for slow torture because to me, it
> isn't justice or injustice. I was not affected by his actions. If he did
> set off the bomb, life in death, or execution is a valid punishment. I do
> question your reasoning for calling for torture though. How is that fair
> punishment and justice?
I don`t really judge it in terms of punishment or as justice or as "fair
trade". McVeigh took an extreme criminal act of agression against
innocent people, I believe that implicit in that act (once proven) is the
removal of his rights, that includes the "right not to be tortured" <tm>.
I was not directly affected by his actions, and I`m not at all affected
by images of death and destruction anyway, I don`t hate McVeigh, I don`t
have any personal grudge against him or need to see him punished, I
merely recognise that he has surrendered his rights, any punishment is
acceptable, whether it is fitting or not is a different thread.
The only reason I have any reservations whatsoever about the death
penalty in this particular case is because, although I personally believe
McVeigh is guilty, there was enough reasonable doubt to get a not-guilty
verdict.
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