Death Sentence for child rapist/murder Couey!!!!!!

[liberalnurse]

Yes, I'd love to be the one to start his Lethal injection-IV. :bounce:

http://www.courttv.com/home_news/index.html

Verdict: Death
A Miami jury has decided that John Couey should receive the death penalty for raping and murdering his 9-year-old neighbor, Jessica Lunsford. Update soon.
•Defense asks for mercy, jury deliberates.....Death to Couey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Parche]

1. GOOD

Justice is served

[kimmerspixelated]

2. I'm glad he is going to cease living

but still, he needs to suffer for his horrors!!!

[liberalnurse]

4. Wait until you see

me start an IV.....:rofl:

[mduffy31]

15. You haven't seen me start one

Like the first time that I took a blood sample, I forgot to release the tourniquet before I removed the needle, and there is a whole phalanx of kids that will come after me from when I worked in Peds.

[liberalnurse]

22. OMG!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I can relate to that.......Actually, I'm pretty good now. I pick up extra time in the ER and take what we call.."Point Position" . That's were I set them up, lock-n-load. Or, start the IV and draw labs and re-assess. I'm fast at it and I also keep the triage moving. O8)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

3. But you won't. Shame, innit?

But don't be sad -- you could still drive all the way to the prison come execution day and have a big party.

Which is, of course, an extremely healthy activity and not at all indicative of any mental disorder whatsoever.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. And I was wondering why...

Nancy Grace was still on the air.

Silly me.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

19. Florida is a long way from Ohio, where the OP lives. I wonder...

What does she do when she hears of murderers that were sentenced in Massachusetts or Maine? Does she wail in despair and bang her head against the wall?

[sandrakae]

11. This guy buried her alive. Death by lethal injection is to good for him.

He should be buried alive.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

17. Well, then, go there and try to do just that. But the police will stop you.

They, therefore, must be criminal-lovers too.

[Sequoia]

5. Last week I said

I hope he's put in a plastic bag to die like he did to her and then all weekend I felt bad for saying that. Why? The Florida system let him go even though he told them he shouldn't be let out. I'm sure he already feels like he's dead. What sort of childhood would find him at the end of this road?

Why do these child molestors have to kill the child? Why do some kill and others don't? I just can't wrap my mind around it for the world.

[Lost-in-FL]

27. That's so true...

He asked not to be released from jail I believe.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

34. Hmmm. Suicide by murder, perhaps? "They released me... now I'm gonna make sure they won't."

Sort of makes sense. Of course, if that state didn't have the death penalty, he may not be as motivated to commit such act.

Makes you think.

[Lost-in-FL]

43. I hope not...

That would be disgusting. If he had the help that he requested, that child would still be alive today. The system failed both the child and this "fucked up in the head" men.

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[Lost-in-FL]

12. Now, now...

:spank: Bad, bad OMC

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

20. Hehehehe. You're Right.

Don't know what it is. I'm just in an amazingly wiseassish yet annoyed mood today LOL

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[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

38. Nope. I'm Naturally Gifted At Disputing Morons And Putting Them In Their Place.

I didn't need any lessons to become familiar with their ways. My own natural genius allows me to recognize their moronic tendencies.

Why do you ask?

[DancingBear]

53. Why, it should be obvious

Your natural genius should be able to pick up on that.

You will, however, need to remove your foot from your mouth first. This may be a daunting task, for I fear that years of intellectual neglect have caused it to wedge itself in there pretty tightly.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

136. You're Not Even Making Any Sense.

Not even sure what the hell you're talking about with foot in my mouth blah blah blah.

And furthermore, you get intellectual with your foot? That made me laugh quite a bit. Yeah, I guess you can say my foot has been intellectually neglected. I never read it any books or taught it how to be smart like my brain. It does ok for itself though, but it does get tripped up every so often. Damn foot. But you talk as if you have intellectually trained your foot. How so? Do you read it poetry? Teach it Einstein's theories? Do you read to it? Do you let it solve logical puzzles or something? Just how intellectual is your foot? Can it spell words like schizophrenia? :rofl:

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[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

146. Hmmm. Looks Like Your Foot Needs Some More Training.

Course, that's not a surprise based on its teacher. Stupidity yields stupidity. That's OMC rule 99.874105392.

:rofl:

[liberalnurse]

Sounds a bit like....

what my mother called, "someone full of themselves". I call is pathologically narcissistic.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

132. My God Did You Miss The Point LOL

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[Lost-in-FL]

7. But then...

you will lose your nurse license. I don't think is worth it. But then, I don't like the idea of my taxes feeding, clothing or housing this murderer. Decisions, decisions... :dilemma:

[liberalnurse]

13. I'm not sure how that actually works to be honest.

I guess a nurse could start a saline line under a physician's order.....then, a Henchman could do an IV push without it being a relationship to the nurse. :shrug:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

23. Do nurses take the Hippocratic Oath...

and then come up with sneaky, backhanded ways they can violate it?

[Atman]

9. YAY! WE GET TO KILL SOMEONE!

Sorry. What the guy did is the worst. He's the lowest scum crawling the earth. But I'm not sharing your bouncy. State-sanctioned murder is still murder.

.

[sandrakae]

14. HE BURIED HER ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Atman]

18. Oh, so that makes murder okay? Sorry.

I understand what you're saying. I literally can't think of words harsh enough to describe this scum. But seeing DUers, "progressives," posting bouncies of joy at the prospect of killing another human being...it troubles me. State sanctioned murder is still murder. I guess it shows that one can always find an excuse to want to kill someone, no matter how "progressive" they claim to be. Couey thought he had a valid reason, too.

.

[kath]

26. I like the bumper sticker that says "Why do we kill people who kill people, to show that

killing people is wrong?"
Actually saw one of those here in OK.

[MuseRider]

32. I stand with you.

Makes me sick but killing is always wrong in my opinion. Both deaths will make me sad, neither should have happened. I agree with everything you just said, could not have said it better.

[ComerPerro]

70. Muse, I need your addres. PM it to me. I have a wedding invite for you + 1

[MuseRider]

135. WOW!

Cool, I am sending it now. YAY!

[Pangolin]

114. Oh, let them get thier hate-on will you please?

I personally think we should keep people like this alive in a 8 foot cubed concrete box for as long as possible. We might need to look into their brains someday and find out how they work.

Nobody gets their jollies celebrating some guy kept in solitary until the end of time while their brains slowly rot from sensory deprivation. Of course it's a lot cheaper than killing them too.

Death is actually a luxury for some people.

[Lost-in-FL]

21. We don't know (or I don't know)...

the whole story. He probably thought she was dead before burying her and maybe is the reason why the forensics showed she was still alive. The prosecutor could be using this "Buried her alive" to make a bigger impact. Some cops and/or investigators love drama.

I am just saying!!! I know it is hard to grasp the fact that this garbage made such grotesque crime.

[Atman]

28. I know all the story I need to know...state santioned murder is still murder.

I'm not apologizing for or rationalizing anything this guy did, though I'm sure some on DU will take it as such. I'm anti-death penalty. If you and me and 10 other people got together and decided to take out a neighbor because he was a heinous child molester, we'd be charged with murder. Simply putting the twelve of us in a fancy wood-paneled room with a guy in a robe sitting up front doesn't make it any less murder...it just gives people comfort in their reason for killing another human.

[Lost-in-FL]

40. I was just saying...

I am not trying to defend him or rationalize the whole thing either. I know the system is far from perfect. Sorry, but it is hard for me to trust law enforcement. All I know is that a child is dead but I feel law enforcement loves sensationalism. It might sound crazy but although I am not 100% anti-death penalty, I have a hard time trusting law enforcement and not comfortable with how death sentences are conducted (from trial to execution). I respect and understand your point and due to my mistrust is the law, I can agree with you.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

24. I ask from you the same thing I asked from the OP in post #19. -nt

[liberalnurse]

25. Exactly!

It's time to terminate this soul.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

29. Let me ask you something

What do you do when you hear of similar murderers that were sentenced in Massachusetts or Maine? Do you wail in despair and bang your head against the wall?

[Maine-ah]

82. don't include us

most people I know up here would say the same thing. Now, I'm not speaking for ME DU'ers just the people I know up here. We just had a guy get 4 fucking years for assaulting an 18 month old with a screwdriver up the bum. I think that guy needs to be strung up as well.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

95. Lack of DP isn't the reason that guy got away with 4 years. -nt

[Maine-ah]

133. you're absolutely correct

but most of us would like to see him that way.

You're trying to argue against peoples feelings that are rather human nature. Crimes against kids are the most heinous.

[Dinger]

16. Ditto. This Thread Should Be Interesting

:popcorn:

[fishnfla]

33. 9 years old. She'd be a third grader

right?

I wonder how her teacher feels.

[Dinger]

51. What Are You Trying To Say?

I think I have an idea why you posted that particular response. By the way, I have a right to my view, so do you, even if it isn't the most classy reply in the world.

[fishnfla]

85. enjoy your popcorn

Interesting, we are entitled to our point of view, but downthread you are advocating for this thread to be locked

Why?

[Dinger]

88. Well, Actually I Have Changed My Mind On That

I hope this thread stays.

[ComerPerro]

72. check your PM, lol

[Madspirit]

119. State-sanctioned murder is still murder.

Right On!! See, we can agree about some things...<g>

You don't combat barbarism by committing barbaric acts and when the fucking state does it, they are doing it in MY name.

Life in prison is quite sufficient.

Or maybe spending some money on mental health issues....
Lee

[meldroc]

10. To hell with lethal injection

Bring back Old Sparky. Make sure the guards forget to wet the sponge...

[catnhatnh]

30. I oppose this death sentence.

Not because watching his death would be painful, but because it might not be.I oppose it on moral grounds no matter how appeallingly meritricious.Because the spectacle promised is the spectacle desired by the neo-cons and Fox News....I may not BE better, but that is how I strive.

[liberalnurse]

36. I respect your position.

I believe that children are precious gifts and to use them for sexual gratification and to even murder them is an abomination. The murderous soul is evil and not entitle to live.

Other horrendous, murder crimes, well, a life sentence is just fine.

[Atman]

39. So, just like a murderer, you rationalize your need to kill.

:shrug:

You're still a murderer. You just think YOUR reason for killing is better.

.

[liberalnurse]

42. No, the death penalty is a legal, sanctioned sentence....

established by my peers, community and fellow Americans of my state.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

44. Do your peers...

take so much pleasure out of it?

Well, I know some of them do, but...

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

48. ...which gives you immense pleasure. You still haven't ansewered about MA and MN. -nt

[geardaddy]

65. MN?

Oh you meant Maine. That's ME. Although, I'm glad to say MN doesn't have capital punishiment.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

69. Heh. Even when I'm wrong, I'm right.

:hi:

[geardaddy]

73. Indeed.

:hi:

[Atman]

50. Oh.

What can I say...you obviously don't have a problem with murder, as long as someone "official" tells you they approve of what you're doing.

"I was only following orders."

State sanctioned murder is still murder. Rationalizing it because a guy in a black robe said it's okay doesn't change the fact that you're still taking another human's life. We comfort ourselves by using the "legal" argument. But it is really no different than if twelve of us sat in my living room and decided to kill my neighbor because we all agree he is a horrible person. We all agree, right? What difference does it make if some guy in a black robe is sitting on a bigger chair, telling us he approves of our killing?

.

[TahitiNut]

109. Stanley Milgram strikes again.

:shrug:

[WinkyDink]

141. Capital punishment aside, are you saying our legal system is no different from or better than 12

neighbors sentencing, say, Scooter Libby?
Are you seriously saying you don't understand the legal and social constructs of judges, lawyers, juries, etc.?

No, of course you aren't.

[catnhatnh]

41. I thank you for your reply...

...and beg you to reconsider.Life and death are not for us or governments to decide.

[ComerPerro]

31. Wow, I honestly cannot believe how many times I've seen the death penalty advocated on this website

these past few days.

There are a lot of hypcorites out there.

Fuck, serial murderers even get sympathy from the self-righteous here, yet some of you are now turning around and advocating torture and murder.

[Freddie Stubbs]

110. Why the suprise? A majority of Democrats support the death penalty

[gulfcoastliberal]

45. That's SOOOO important!

And folks complain about shit like Anna Nicole dominating the news. Obviously, sensationalizing family tragedies brings out the right-wing streak in lots of people - including so-called "liberals" who are salivating in this thread at the prospect of state murder including your perverted wish to be an executioner. Sick.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

47. Thank you for writing that. You summed it all up better than I did. -nt

[gulfcoastliberal]

138. Thank you CPD!

I'm amazed at the savage and barbaric nature of the OP and many replies. Glad to see you and Atman trying to keep it real. In my opinion, sensationalizing tragedies is NOT NEWS!!!

Take that bus that rolled over an overpass in Atlanta. That weekend, CNN was advertising a "special investigation" of the crash! Like that's what we need to be investigating! Local, personal tragedies should not be national news.

[fishnfla]

55. Speaking of a salivating pervert's wish

The condemned told jail guards he would apologize to the lil' girl when he met her in heaven

[Atman]

58. Your point being?

I don't understand...so we should kill him so he can go apologize?

Will those Muslim's 17 virgins be there, too?

.

[fishnfla]

131. Your point being?

He'd rather have sex with her again?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

101. No kidding?

Sounds to me like Couey's got diminished mental capacity.

[fishnfla]

134. that or

he knew what he did was wrong, what the punishment would be, and was a dead man walking.

They tried to prove insanity, jury didn't bite. The guards testimony got in because they had to throw out the confession

[Nutmegger]

49. Glad you're happy because I'm not.

Perhaps you can find a scalper and get front row seats.

[Dinger]

52. I Hope This Fucking Thread

gets deleted ot locked. I predict it will, sooner or later.

[Atman]

56. I don't hope it gets locked.

I want DUers to see who among us has blood dripping from their "progressive" badge.

Maybe it will be therapeutic or cleansing in some way.

.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

63. Good point.

There's another thread where a guy says he's afraid of black men. If it got deleted, how on earth could we link to it the next time he shouts his mouth off?

[Lost-in-FL]

76. Remember the one...

where someone was afraid of sanctioned gay marriage? acceptance of gay marriage would mean he had to deal with sexual advances from gay man. :wow:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

81. vaguely.

I remember the one saying how there was nothing wrong with those racist MLK parties.

And the one who would have gotten off a plane if there were muslim people on board.

[Lost-in-FL]

84. Damn...

:shaking my head:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

90. In the former case...

the post was deleted. Would have been useful as a link as he still likes to discuss race issues.

[DancingBear]

78. Absolutely

Let the blood-lust crowd take their bows.

Perhaps we can hold a lottery to see what lucky "progressive" soul gets to do the killing.

We can use the money raised to help Katrina victims.

You know, the ones whose deaths actually matter. :sarcasm:

I'm just glad the killer wasn't a contributor to a "progressive" Democratic Senate candidate in 2008. What a dilemma that would pose.

"If he dies, that's one less vote, and we really need to increase the majority".

Some people literally make me ashamed to post here.

[Nutmegger]

61. I don't.

The bloodlust here needs to be advertised.

People also have to know that there are people who strongly disagree.

[Dinger]

66. Jesus H. Christ, I Can't Fucking Believe It

Actually takes my breath away. I don't usually lose my cool like this, but I can't help it.

[Nutmegger]

129. Well if you're referring to me I don't think I properly worded myself.

I hope that when some see the bloodlust, they might stand back for a minute and think about what they're saying.

In threads like this, the bloodthirsty barbarians always make me sick.

If you're talking about the tread, then yeah I agree.

[Blue-Jay]

54. Advocating state-sponsored revenge is not OK.

And that is what the death penalty is: revenge.

It's not a deterrent.
It's not a matter of saving money as opposed to a life sentence.

It's revenge. Fangs out, murderous revenge.

The fact that your nearly orgasmic post ("Death to Couey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!") in agreement with this sort of policy speaks volumes about you.

Perhaps he should be tortured first, eh?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

68. I don't think you'll see a reply anytime soon.

I still haven't got mine about MA and MN. (and... what, 11 other states?)

Evil places, those. Criminal-coddling places. Murderer's paradises. That's why their murder rates are way higher than... oh, wait...

[gulfcoastliberal]

143. OP won't reply, eh?

Makes sense that she will not reply. Maybe she realized just how awful and ugly she portrayed herself as. Seriously, the OP reminds me of the intellectual prowess of a 1st grader.

[Beaverhausen]

122. I agree

[6000eliot]

57. Killing is wrong.

Whether he does it or we do it.

[Dinger]

67. Thank You

:)

[Pangolin]

125. Well, legally it isn't if you're wearing a uniform.

I'm sure our armed forces are ordered to do things that result in the deaths of little girls every day in Iraq. All of us folks back home "support the troops" and try to pretend that kids arent' killed.

The only legally wrong killing is when a civilian kills somebody. Slap a uniform on in Iraq, back off a quarter mile and let fly. It's free and fair.
:sarcasm:

On a serious note: Our government is doing things that result in kids dying buried in rubble every day. Dead is dead.

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[RedG1]

77. I'd suppose you'd turn the other cheek and forgive

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

89. Are these the only possibilities? Aren't there any others? Please answer. -nt

[Atman]

93. Why do you suppose that?

Has anything I've posted indicated that?

Forgive? Hell no. He is beyond my ability to forgive.

But I still don't believe state sanctioned murder is any better than "regular" murder. I don't have to forgive him.

.

[Madspirit]

123. You don't have to turn your cheek and forgive

You just don't get to retaliate in a like manner. Murder is murder.

...and just fyi, there are whole groups of victim's families AGAINST the death penalty. If they can show mercy, I certainly can.
Lee

[Colobo]

148. Both sides deserve respect

Let's remember, the bad guys are the criminals, not the death penalty opponents or supporters. I'm a PROUD supporter of death penalty for rape/muder cases involving children, and I don't think I should be compared to Coouey and his ilk because of that.

Regardless of how passionate both sides might be, it is unfair and sad to attack each other, calling each other names or suggesting one has a higher moral ground than the other, when the anger should be directed to the criminal.

[gollygee]

62. I'm opposed to the death penalty

because it might feel good to kill someone like this, but our world needs less violence in it, not more. He certainly should be in prison forever.

I won't be crying for him, but I am still opposed to the death penalty.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

71. And, who will inject the murderer who injects the murderer Couey.

I imagine a long line of volunteers will form to stop killing by killing.

[GumboYaYa]

74. To all the people who are "proving" how "moral" you are by chastising the original poster,

GET A CLUE.

It is a natural reaction for any individual to want to see someone who has done something so heinous be killed. It is not the only natural reaction, but it certainly is a normal one. The whole point of the death penalty is to prevent people from acting on their natral reactions to these types of crimes.

I have the same reaction to this crime. I vehemently oppose the death penalty, but in this case I can not help but think of my own children. If this happened to one of them, I would want to personally kill the person who did it. It is hard for me not to transfer that to Couey. My gut reaction is to want him killed.

Intellectually, I understand all of the arguments you all are making about the death penalty and I agree with them. It is possible to hold two contrary thoughts in your head at one time.

It's just that attacking someone and acting like they are less moral b/c their natural reaction is to want to see Couey pay with his life, is misplaced and misunderstands the very reason we need a prohibition on the death penalty.

[ComerPerro]

79. wow, you apparently can have it both ways

[GumboYaYa]

91. That's a strawman; simply put, before people start saying things like

"There are a lot of hypcorites out there." to the DU community and being all self-righteous themselves, they should think about the fact that the main reason people feel this way in their gut about this crime is because they have compassion for children. Hence it is a natural reaction to want protect children and this seems to many to be a way to do it.

The moral outrage and self-indignation that pervades so many of these posts (with some of yours leading the pack) is really misplaced in this instance.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

98. Oh, please.

As if any of this has to do with protecting children.

:crazy:

[ComerPerro]

103. Thank you so much. Here's a summary of just about every pedophilia thread I've ever seen

"These people are horrible"

"worst kind of people on the planet"

"they need to be stopped"

"anyone who does that to a child should be put away forever"

"that person, for what he did, should be killed"



Come to think of it, I don't think I have ever, once, seen a thread about how to deal with the pedophile issue, what can be done if anything to reform and fix them, what we can do to make our children safer, etc.

Never.

Just, "cut their nuts off".

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

104. Well, you know,

protection of the populace doesn't satisfy anyone's fetish. In fact, it may hinder them.

I actually read somebody, in a case of attempted murder, say something along the lines of "too bad he didn't succeed; if he did, we could fry him."

Let THAT sink in for a while.

[GumboYaYa]

105. I can guaranty you that a whole lot of people who express the

sentiment that the original poster expressed do so b/c they think of this happening to their own children and get outraged. I think that a whole bunch of the anti-death penalty folks are failing to recognize that right now.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

106. I doubt it.

If children were protected, there wouldn't be people like Couey for Nancy Grace and the OP to get all excited about.

[GumboYaYa]

115. Do you have kids? n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

117. Only the ones under the basement.

:spray:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

118. I do. What's your point? -nt

[AlCzervik]

147. and a whole bunch of us have children and are outraged by what this piece of shit did but

we aren't having a party celebrating. Do you think her father is celebrating? I don't, i bet he's at home crying his eyes out and maybe screaming. I don't what should happen to John Couey and it's not up to me decide but i'm sure as hell not gonna party about anything having to do with this case.

[ComerPerro]

100. I honestly don't care if the guy gets life or death. Its not my call.

But if you call my saying that its sick how many people are suddenly pro-death penalty "moral outrage", you really got things twisted. And you are completely twisted in this.

If you can say that these people are right for demanding the death penalty, how can you ever, at any time, argue against the death penalty? Its ludicrous. I am not the one you see all over these threads frantic and screaming "Will someone PLEASE think of the children!!!!".

Some of these people really need to take a deep look at where they stand on issues. You can't be anti-death penalty, and mock those who advocate it, but then turn around and insist upon it and expect not to be ridiculed or called a hypocrite.


Swear to God, not sure lately if I'm reading DU or Free Republic.


By the way, if you want to call me out on moral outrage and self-indignation, at least get your facts right. i've posted, what, maybe three or four times, TOPS, in this thread. And only one (besides this one) made anything even close to calling anyone hypocrites.

[liberalnurse]

116. It's a great big world....

and there are limits of tolerance. Child rape and murder is not in the tolerance category. Our society has boundaries.

[Colobo]

144. Thank you.

We have a bunch of "idealists" here that would probably change their minds if a bastard like Couey bangs their children and buries them alive.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

80. Oh, we know it's a "natural" reaction.

We know the OP would never actually have the guts to go through with it if she were an executioner.

That said, she appears to be taking a certain amount of pleasure in the whole thing. She seems to be finding it entertaining, like it were a TV show. Almost as if she likes people like Couey, because they keep her amused.

[liberalnurse]

126. Your imagination

belongs on South Park.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

86. If it's natural

why don't I (neither lots of other people) have it?

Why do I find the giddiness over executions disgusting?

Why do I LIKE the fact that there are places WITHOUT the death penalty and they tend to get by much better?

Why am I suggesting you see the following link? http://www.murdervictimsfamilies.org/

[GumboYaYa]

112. I am glad you react that way. The world needs more people like you.

To answer your questions, there are more than one way people react to a situation.

In some cases the pro-death penalty reaction is pure blood lust. In others, people are reacting because of the heinous crime committed and their feelings of powerelssness to do something about it. In this instance, I think that many peopele are very strongly for the death penalty for Couey becauseof the vicious nature of is crime. I can't say that I disagree with that reaction as it is my intial reaction in this case, although I would never advocate the death penalty.

[Atman]

87. I was the first to post an opposing view to the OP

So I guess I'm one of the one's you're talking about. Please re-read my posts. I've not been "chastising" the OP. I think I've been pretty calm and reasoned in my responses. And it's difficult, because on a certain level, I agree with you, too. I have kids. I'd snap, too. But the OP isn't this child's parent. Why is the OP so excited and thrilled at the prospect of killing another human? That is what I've been trying to point out; I can't speak for the others.

Your "get a clue" comment was unnecessary. Do I sound clueless to you? Some have stated that killing Couey will stop him from his horrible deeds -- but so will locking him in a small, uncomfortable concrete cell. I'm not a believer in the heaven and hell thing...once this guy is killed by his "peers," he's done thinking about it. He's not going to a mystical fiery place where he'll regret his actions forever. He'll never think about the murder of Jessica ever again. He'll never think about ANYTHING ever again, not even the worms eating his rotting flesh. Personally, I think he'll get much more of a "punishment," if that's what these state-murder advocates are after, by having to sit and stare at a blank wall for the next 60 years.

But that's just me. Some people prefer murder.

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[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

92. You haven't been "chastising" the OP?

Speak for yourself, paleface. I am, and unapologetically so.

[Atman]

96. I'm disgusted by the OP.

But I really don't think I've been "chastising" him/her. I think the OP let emotions get the better of him/her. I'm hoping that maybe reading some other views will make him/her think a little bit. I don't hold out much hope, but what the hell, right? At least I'm not bouncing up and down at the prospect of killing another person.

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[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

99. You have a star... do a search by author.

You'll be disabused of such hope rather quickly.

[GumboYaYa]

94. My comment wasn't direct toward you.

Go read how indignant some of the posters are being. While I agree that the death penalty is wrong and have opposed it vehemently for a long time, I also recognize that the OP is not a bad person for feeling this way in this instance. It is a natural reaction that derives from wanting to protect children. Yes, it is a reaction that in my estimation is not correct, but it is also hard for me to fault someone for feeling that way. It does death penalty opponents no good to have so many people being self-righteous and indignant in this instance.

[Nutmegger]

127. Dancing with glee was not my first reaction.

Despite it supposedly being a "normal reaction", many here didn't dance when the "news" was told. I have always been against the death penalty and have never wavered. In fact, cases such as thing only sadden me because it's another grim reminder that that state still kills in my name.

An eye for an eye, and soon the whole world is blind. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

[Madspirit]

128. Then think like my mom

My mom used to only think of the victim's families. Then one day she thought..."what if my child committed the crime?" She would surely beg for mercy. That's when she became 100% opposed to the death penalty.

....and as I keep saying, there are whole groups of victim's families who are OPPOSED to the death penalty. Google it. If they can show mercy, I certainly can.

The OP reminds me of a murderer...what with the dancing and gleefulness.

Lee

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

75. State Sanctioned Murder Is Murder. I have been against the death penalty

my whole life. Cheering over someone's life being taken, no matter how horrid that person is, makes my blood run cold.

[Nutmegger]

121. Yes it's disgusting when others feast on the blood of another.

And cheer the fact that they're doing so. Threads like this always make my blood run cold too.

[BlackVelvet04]

83. Are you going to pop the cork on a bottle of

champagne tonight?

I find it sick you would even consider using your nursing skills to kill another human being.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

102. Sometimes, both halves of a username reflect the truth with equal accuracy.

It can be a comforting thought.

[Name removed]

107. Deleted message

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[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

108. Aw, come on, we all know it's not THAT 33.33333% that makes you mad. And...

by the way, what about those evil States I mentioned?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

111. I'm still trying to figure out...

why you chose "liberalnurse"

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

120. Perhaps for the same reason you chose yours.

I can never, for the life of me, imagine you destroying things at random in the street after a soccer match.

(Let's not get started on the OTHER half)

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

124. literary reference

Now that I escape, sleepwalker awake
Those who could relate know the world ain't cake
Jail bars ain't golden gates
Those who fake, they break,
When they meet their 400 pound mate
If I could rule the world
Everyone would have a gun in the ghetto of course
When giddyupin' on their horse
I Kick a rhyme drinkin' moonshine
I pour a sip on the concrete, for the deceased
But no don't weep, Wyclef's in a state of sleep
Thinkin' 'bout the robbery that I did last week.
Money in the bag, banker looked like a drag
I want to play with pelicans from here to Baghdad
Gun blast, think fast, I think I'm hit
My girl pinched my hips to see if I still exist.
I think not, I'll send a letter to my friends,
A born again hooligan only to be king again.

[BlackVelvet04]

113. I really like the way you said that.....

I just wish I knew what it meant.

[Wcross]

97. Killing him won't bring her back.

I would rather he spend the rest of his life in prison. I would like for him to be incarcerated in the general population of any prison. He deserves no special treatment one way or the other.

[Madspirit]

130. Remind me what hospital you work at

So I can NEVER go there.

After all, the killer at least has the excuse that he's fucking nuts. Obviously normal people don't do what he did.

What is your excuse?

Lee

[Madspirit]

137. Florence Nightingale Pledge

The OP is a nurse. People were asking if nurse's take the Hippocratic Oath:

In 1893, Mrs. Lystra E. Gretter and the Farrand Training School for Nurses wrote an adaptation of the physician's Hippocratic Oath for nurses. It was named the Florence Nightingale Pledge in honor of the esteemed founder of nursing.

This pledge is most often recited at graduation/pinning ceremonies for nurses. It is also often included in programs honoring nurses during Nurses Week (May 6-12)or on Nurses Day (May 6). May 12 is the birthdate of Nurse Nightingale..


The Florence Nightingale Pledge:

I solemnly pledge myself before God and in the presence of this assembly, to pass my life in purity and to practice my profession faithfully. I will abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous, and will not take or knowingly administer any harmful drug.

I will do all in my power to maintain and elevate the standard of my profession, and will hold in confidence all personal matters committed to my keeping and all family affairs coming to my knowledge in the practice of my calling. With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician in his work, and devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care.

[AlCzervik]

140. i mourn for this girl and her family and i highly doubt her dad is popping a champagne cork.

a terrible tragedy done by a despicable person. I am the mother of a 12 year old and i give her dad credit, i don't know if i could go on after what has happened.

[Colobo]

142. Justice has been served; society will get rid of him. Forever.

[Ediacara]

149. Locking

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