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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Well, ya'll know my take on the Death Penalty already.

McVeigh wants his execution televised. TELEVISED! You know, like in "Starship Troopers" ... execution at 10 on NBC! There are about four different viewpoints.

Real World

Public executions were abolished; the enormity of this crime is no reason to bring them back. "This is reality TV to the max ... we have to draw the line somewhere." (Fox News)

Veigh-eurism

If the death penalty is an expression of public will, then make it public. Let potential killers see what happens when you murder. "Lights! Camera! Injection!" (Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune)

Death Watch

Seeing McVeigh die will bring closure to victims' families and survivors. Counter-buzz: it's ghoulish, and "we'll end up with a staged political event." ('Good Morning America')

Time Out!

McVeigh's the last person who deserves to dictate the terms of his death. He wants to die a martyr; if you broadcast his execution on television, "it's like 'Ha-ha, look at me, I got what I want.'" (USA Today)

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Obviously, I'm against the death penalty, but I'm also against McVeigh being allowed to demand a televised execution. The most he should get is a last meal, then be executed in a room with no observers aside from those neccessary.

Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Indeed, it shouldn't be televised... But I still think it should go through.

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"President Bush. It's fun saying that. Go ahead, you try." - M. Lucinsky, Spectrum Editor

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

I don't agree it should be broadcast. (Fox News! Yay!)

But he does deserve it. Frag 'im.

I mean, if you don't deserve to die for slaughtering a bunch of KIDS, what DO you deserve to die for?

Converting them to Branch Davidians?
Resisting the BATF?

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The government that seems the most unwise, oft goodness to the people best supplies. That which is meddling, touching everything, will work but ill, and disappointment bring. - The Tao Te Ching

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

I am slightly disturbed that a news station in the US would use the phrase "to the max". What's next? CNN saying "Totally rightious murders?" BBC News "Dude, like people were wasted yesterday". The Times reporting "Iraq bombed! For Great Justice!"? It's madness.

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

"Our awesome top-story tonite; Kray-Z increase of british turnips! Boyakasha!"

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His fall was not a small one.
We did but build his pedestal,
A narrow and a tall one.

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

THRICE!

NIMROD GOT THE TURNIP POWERUP AND DISSED THE BRITISH GAME!!!

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"...screw logic, let's go for a theory with no evidence!" - Omega.

Irony ensues.

Free Jeff K

[This message has been edited by Ultra Magnus (edited February 22, 2001).]

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Thanks, Liam. I needed a new sig. :-)

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"I am slightly disturbed that a news station in the US would use the phrase 'to the max'. What's next? CNN saying 'Totally righteous murders?' BBC News 'Dude, like people were wasted yesterday'. The Times reporting 'Iraq bombed! For Great Justice!'?"
-Liam Kavanagh, 22.Feb.2001

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

TSN, I swear, if you say "zig" one more time I'll fix you up real good...

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Can I take off every 'zig'?

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Aaahh!!! You dare blasphemize your handle in front of my very person??? This...FOUL deed shall not be forgiven...nor forgotten! *swings cape in dramatic retreat*

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Here lies a toppled god,
His fall was not a small one.
We did but build his pedestal,
A narrow and a tall one.

-Tleilaxu Epigram

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

You know, "blasphemising your handle" can make you go blind.

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"And Mojo was hurt and I would have kissed his little boo boo but then I realized he was a BAD monkey so I KICKED HIM IN HIS FACE!"
-Bubbles

Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

but letting someone else blaspheme your handle can result in a blessed event.

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

I dunno. Unless blessed events now include births, marriages, and white wee-wee.

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"And Mojo was hurt and I would have kissed his little boo boo but then I realized he was a BAD monkey so I KICKED HIM IN HIS FACE!"
-Bubbles

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Blaspheme? Sounds like something done in a body shop.
Oh behave!

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Here lies a toppled god,
His fall was not a small one.
We did but build his pedestal,
A narrow and a turnip.

-Tleilaxu Epigram

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Oh, almost forgot.
Say Liam, you sound like a regular Love Turnip No. 9!

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Here lies a toppled god,
His fall was not a small one.
We did but build his pedestal,
A narrow and a turnip.

-Tleilaxu Epigram

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Now, Nimmy, the trick of a good forum joke can be sumerised as follows:

Don't use it in every bloody post.

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"And Mojo was hurt and I would have kissed his little boo boo but then I realized he was a BAD monkey so I KICKED HIM IN HIS FACE!"
-Bubbles

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Well, I forgot I'd written those things way up there. If it makes you uncomfortable, then may I suggest the fish?

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Just don't blaspheme the fish, unless you want to have a "blessed event"...

Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

This Flameboard sure did get boring.

Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Yeah, I'm going to blame the liberals for that, too.

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"President Bush. It's fun saying that. Go ahead, you try." - M. Lucinsky, Spectrum Editor

"Being a liberal is one of the most gutless choices you can make. It doesn't require you to think, it only requires you to feel." - Rush Limbaugh

Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

YOU ARE SUCK!

Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Oh sure, copying my status line? I am win, you are a toasted duck!

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"President Bush. It's fun saying that. Go ahead, you try." - M. Lucinsky, Spectrum Editor

"Being a liberal is one of the most gutless choices you can make. It doesn't require you to think, it only requires you to feel." - Rush Limbaugh

Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

No shit I'm a toasted duck, I've got it advertised in my status line.

YOU ARE TOASTED DUCK TOO!

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Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

*dances a little

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