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Should the - They had it coming - defense for murder be legal
Hello joe:
It IS legal.. Oh, not during the actual trial. But if there's a conviction, it's admissible during the penalty phase.. If the guy needed killing, the judge can hear about it before sentencing.
Well, it could have been worse.. It was in Mexico.. They have a totally different viewpoint about incarceration... Their job was to keep us in jail - NOT make us feel bad for being there.. So, they STAYED outside making sure we didn't leave. They didn't care what we did inside..
Visitors could spend the night. If they came from further than 50 miles, they moved right in, kids and all. Messengers would come to the door of the jail, and for a small tip, they'd do our shopping, banking, or whatever we needed. Suffice to say, we smoked the best dope, ate the best food, and screwed the best women. I wrote a book about it called "The Carcel"..
Send me your email in a PM and I'll send you a copy..
Yes, it's as funny as you think it is.. Here's an excerpt. As I said, visitors can spend the night.. But, MOST bunks were only separated by a thin sheet.. Mexicans, being proper people, NEVER made a sound when they fucked..
Now, my Mexican friend, Ramon, hooked up with a hippie chick from San Francisco who didn't care about Mexican niceties. .. The night she stayed with Ramon was punctuated by the chick screaming, and then Ramon going shhh, shhh.. It was like OHHH AHHH, shhh, shhh. OHH AHH, shhh shhh..
No. I'm seeing if you'll back your play or retreat. You decided to retreat because you saw the fucked up direction your post was headed.
Dude.. You're more fucked up than I thought..
Mostly true, so I'll give you just one Pinnochio.
Do you think the Secret Service DOESN'T read these threads???
Maybe, maybe not, but trust me, if Obama had read my pages, and saw the amount of eyeballs seeing them, I'd be dead. You can take that one to the bank.
No. I'm seeing if you'll back your play or retreat. You decided to retreat because you saw the fucked up direction your post was headed.
Hello again, bront:
Dude. The post in question was about your boiler plate murderer - NOT political leaders.. You used to be able to read better than that.. Now, when I call you out, you just out and out LIE.. Dude!
Oh I agree with that. But that's not your definition of murder. In a previous debate, you have argued that post-birth abortion would not be murder if we defined it as 'neccesary', since murder is the 'unnecessary' killing of a human being. So no strawman here.
Abortion is abortion, murder is murder. Two different things, don't twist my words. Post birth abortion is only abortion shorty after birth. Personally, I believe it is only ethical to terminate a fetus 24 hours to one week after a birth, other may consider the 6 month point to be the bench mark.
So you've redefined abortion and redefined murder, in order to reach the conclusion that killing a newborn child is not murder...And I'm the one twisting your words? You have twisted your own moral into a knot. And just for the record, all of this BS is completely unconstitutional. Not that you would care.
Okay, how is a human fetus isn't a person, an """infant""" is just a fetus outside of the host. Calling an """infant""" a person is a stretch, any way you look at it.
By definition: A fetus or fetus is the unborn offspring of an animal. Once it is born, it is no longer a fetus. An infant is the more formal or specialized synonym for "baby", the very young offspring of a human. A person is defined as a living human. Therefore a baby is a human/person. Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse. It is not possible for a baby to be a threat to the mother's life. Therefore, there's no justification or valid excuse to kill a baby. ;)
I once heard a preacher on campus talking about being born again. She was telling the women there that they should remain virgins until they were married. One of them asked the preacher if she was a virgin. She responded with, "I'm a born again virgin." To which one of the guys responded with, "Is that as good as the real thing?" The preacher had no response. So..., I'm guessing that being born again isn't as good as the first time around ;)
People who are not born with a disability find it hard to imagine a joyous life with a disability. People born with a disability don't know any better and are content with their life. Don't project your feelings onto other people ;)
