Comments on: Revisionist History http://arationalanimal.blogsome.com/2006/12/31/revisionist-history/ Law, Native American Issues, Progressive Politics, and Whatever Happens to Piss Me Off Today Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:55:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Steve Bates http://arationalanimal.blogsome.com/2006/12/31/revisionist-history/#comment-25 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:02:11 +0000 http://arationalanimal.blogsome.com/2006/12/31/revisionist-history/#comment-25 <i>(Generally speaking, I do, but not for the reasons most people cite.)</i> I'm curious what reasons you think most people cite. I am inalterably opposed to the death penalty under all circumstances... and I'll wager our reasons overlap quite a bit. Saddam was a right bastard and as cold-blooded a killer as we've seen in our lifetimes... and the world is NOT better off for his execution, for reasons that have little or nothing to do with whether he deserved his fate. (Generally speaking, I do, but not for the reasons most people cite.)

I’m curious what reasons you think most people cite. I am inalterably opposed to the death penalty under all circumstances… and I’ll wager our reasons overlap quite a bit.

Saddam was a right bastard and as cold-blooded a killer as we’ve seen in our lifetimes… and the world is NOT better off for his execution, for reasons that have little or nothing to do with whether he deserved his fate.

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