Calli, that is great to hear!
I have all of the reasons to be against the death penalty: morally wrong on its face, morally wrong in its implementation, more expensive and ongoing than life without parole.
Well, if we followed the recipe...should be cake. A demon-violence-free-zone cake.
Lorne ,'Why We Fight'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - May 15, 2015 3:52:08 pm PDT #26496 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Connie Neil - May 15, 2015 4:09:34 pm PDT #26497 of 30000
brillig
Some people have forfeited their right to be on the planet. My candidates probably differ from others'. I haven't followed this trial well enough to determine if Tsaernev falls in that category. I have no objection to removing people permanently from society, but the methods used so far to determine who should be killed are possibly irredeemably flawed.
sarameg - May 15, 2015 4:12:07 pm PDT #26498 of 30000
Speaking of the justice system, a friend of mine is now a federal defender and ran into a bit of a pickle. See, she and her partner are trying to adopt and when you google her, one of the first three results is for a SC case. Ok, fine, she's made the big leagues, right? Well, it's tied to a pedophilia case. Urk.
I'm reminded of this because it was her reasoning on career choice (she was first a public defender in Philly) that really clarified my thinking on the justice system. Her job isn't justice. It's making the system work. As it should be for all working in it. Hopefully, we can approximate moral justice, but it ain't perfect.
Lee - May 15, 2015 4:53:06 pm PDT #26499 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
For me, opposition to the death penalty is based on the fact that I don't want the state killing in my/the public's name, because the state is made up of people, and people fuck things up.
SuziQ - May 15, 2015 4:55:29 pm PDT #26500 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I'm on vacation!!! I'm taking the whole week off (except for the work I'm doing Tuesday for a deadline I can't change). The week is not going to be relaxing - just go-go-go between graduations, moving, party prep, and my dad and his wife visiting.
-t - May 15, 2015 5:27:06 pm PDT #26501 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Zachary Quinto on jeopardy. Not bad.
Glad to hear the days have been good, Calli!
I am having trouble deciding what wine to open. I am thinking maybe one of the ones I bought before I started keeping track of when I bought them because that would help me clean up my database.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 15, 2015 5:31:58 pm PDT #26502 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Bonus, wine that's aged a bit!
billytea - May 15, 2015 5:37:17 pm PDT #26503 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I am in complete agreement with TB concerning the death penalty. In cases such as this one, I'm far more concerned about its impact on government and society than on Tsarnaev.
-t - May 15, 2015 6:03:58 pm PDT #26504 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yup, eleven year old Zin is not too shabby.
Steph L. - May 15, 2015 6:07:58 pm PDT #26505 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Yup, eleven year old Zin is not too shabby.
Gimme some of dat. Yum.