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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Started conversation Feb 5, 2003
Not an uncommon occurrence in these parts, what with the gun culture down here, the drivers who couldn't give a flying f**k about anything but driving something bigger than anyone else and driving it harder and faster, and a (so-called) justice system based on revenge.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2726927.stm
May I draw your attention to the final paragraph, which I'll reproduce here in case the page is updated in the future:
"Texas State authorities have never responded to a foreign plea for clemency, and the state has already executed six people this year."
It's February 4th.
There's a mind-boggling lack of respect for human life in Texas.
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GreyDesk Posted Feb 5, 2003
Gosho, sorry but sometimes it has to be said - you live in a land of barbarians.
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GreyDesk Posted Feb 5, 2003
As I type, your link is number 2 on the UK section on BBCi news.
And this one is number 6 - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2726057.stm
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Feb 5, 2003
I have to agree with you GD 
People here definately still have a "You killed my brother" attitude. And although it wasn't in Texas, it wasn't too far away - to see the way way that people jumped up and down with glee at the execution of Timothy McVey was just as disgusting to me as what he did... if it's absolutely certain that he did it.
That's the thing about the death penalty - you can't free someone who's dead if you find out at a later date that they were innocent. Not much incentive to hunt for the truth after the defendant's dead, is there? Firstly, even if you find out that they were innocent, what can you do about it? Secondly, you're laying yourself open to one almighty lawsuit from their relatives.
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Feb 5, 2003
The governor of Illinois, spurred by a number
of recent DNA-based discoveries of innocence,
granted clemency to all the prisoners on death
row in his state. He said that the death penalty
is too flawed to be retained.
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Feb 5, 2003
I recall that story a few weeks ago. I don't know what his motivation was for doing that... I'd like to think it was for the right reasons.
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Shea the Sarcastic Posted Feb 5, 2003
I certainly hope so ... I was also hoping that others would follow his lead.
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Feb 8, 2003
From Tom Lehrer's song "Send the Marines:"
Members of the corps
All hate the thought of war.
We'd rather kill them off by peaceful means.....
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GreyDesk Posted Apr 6, 2003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2920563.stm
Just to update you of the new revised UK position on these matters 
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Apr 7, 2003
It's time for another Tom Lehrer quote/paraphrase:
"There are people who do not love their
fellow human beings, and I hate people like that."
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