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"There you go again" - Ronald Reagan

Pointing out Hap's contradictions and nonsense is likely to provoke twice as much garbage in return from him. Hapaboy is like an incorrigible criminal who cannot learn and mend his broken ways.

Capital punishment has never worked in the battle against crime. People are not born with felonious histories. There comes a time when a person crosses the threshold to commit an abominable act. We have witnessed on this thread the eagerness of executioner-wannabes to serve capital punishment...

Aphie, questions like that have been asked repeatedly in this thread, as though public policy and criminal law should be concieved and fashioned only at the moment of victimization. There are death penalty opponents among relatives of murder victims. (And I can prove this) Hapaboy and others are...

That last sentence was somewhat nonsensical. I think what you wanted to say was "can you prove that there are statistics to prove that the death penalty has never reduced crime". Quite a blunder for a "genius". I can show studies that reveal no deterrent value to the death penalty and I cite...

No not even close. I did not run the numbers but Yahoo.finance shows 55/45 up/down volume. Unless it is a clearly extreme day, I don't bother withdoing the calculations. Besides the 90% down day last week, there was one almost 90% end of January, and there may be more coming. IMO, people...

You're ridiculous Maxpi. Right, the killers would shy away if they face the prospect of death. Yeah, gangbangers are out in force because thier parents let them. All they need is to be grounded! The death penalty has never been proven statistically or anecdotally to reduce the worst...

Hapaboy, your fervor is well felt, but you are conjuring up in me an image of you as a fanatic drooling on his keyboard. I answered all questions and rendered a comprehensive position on capital punishment. I need not say anymore. Now, I am rendering you unto the electronic voids...

I will address some of the debate points you made and ignore all of the personal nonsense, so excuse me for failing to reply to much of your post. If its indisputable, why can't you dispute it with facts? I said that I never heard of a rapist -murderer who was set free so that a prison could...

Naz: Points up 88.5% Volume up 92.4%

NYSE: Points up: 91.7% Volume: 81.7% S&P500: Points up 95% Volume Up 87% Close, but no cigar. If tomorrow is an 80+% day, the back to back would indicate some staying power. A reversal coming on the heels of only one 90% down day has been ill-fated in the past, that is they...

Brown and Root bankrolled Lyndon Johnson from 1939 through his 1964 re-election. Johnson got them a $250,000,000 contract with the War Department in 1943. THe profitted $60,000,000. Big dough now, huge back then. Herman Brown was the Granddaddy of the business of politics and the politics...

Well I am glad you think know who God wants you to kill. Bin Laden feels the same way about his hated targets. There's a psychiatric term for that, what is it, pathological homocidal narcissism? Most of these offenders go away for a long time. I never heard of a rapist-murderer who was...

GG, under our current system, if there is reasonable doubt, you do not convict. Its problematic to say, "I have some doubt he committed the crime, so let's not kill him, let's just lock him up for good." And what is an improved death penalty anyway? Is there an upgrade on the way?

What county? Built in 1978, what is the new construction?

It is true we should not have to live by an ancient document. (But what about the Kama Sutra?) I quoted that for effect, to pander to the beleivers. Capital punishment is as old as - forgive me - Adam. Why should we enact an ancient form of punishment? Are we still cave men?

No. Because it is fundamentally immoral. Thou shalt not kill. Violence begets violence. State sanctioned violence like capital punishment belongs in the dustbin of history. Do I believe these crimes deserve severe punishment? Yes. Do I think the offenders can be rehabilitated? Doubtful...

Laying the Cuban Missile Crisis at Kennedy's doorstep makes little sense at all. Castro seized power during the Eisenhower presidency and the Bay of Pigs (fiasco) was concocted by his administration, specifically, the CIA. A noble but incredibly stupid plan. Kennedy inherited this. The...

I might consider voting for Reagan, but that would be contingent on Nancy's good health, not Ronnie's. After all, when he gets on the podium, someone has to be there to tell him what to say.

I think Daniel_M has to explain what he means by "intrinsicly wrong"