Post #252,098
4/13/06 5:09:09 PM
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Therefore, punish him by not executing him
The way to sell a life imprisonment is that an execution suggests that Al-Qaeda is a maor threat, which gives them credibility, whilst non-execution suggests they're merely an annoying distraction.
Matthew Greet
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Post #252,099
4/13/06 5:49:53 PM
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Reasonable short view
As long as he is in prison, sentenced to life-no parole, he is still in play as far as his brothers-in-arms are concerned. His BIA are in the business of terror and embarrassing the US. If they can grab someone/something and make the US cut him loose after sentencing him, they win big time. Dead, nobody in the US will remember him 6 months from now. His compatriots may remember him longer but I don't see them holding failures in high regard. They may get a little anti-death penalty action but nothing worth talking about. Ideally, they should hamstring his legs and cripple his arms and turn him over to the familys and bury the body in a pig carcass. That might provide some deterrence. But what do I know?
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Post #252,105
4/13/06 6:31:57 PM
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Has that ever happened?
I'm unaware of anyone ever being released from Federal prison in a prisoner exchange.
Also, if al Qaeda really wanted him, wouldn't they have tried to get him back in the last 1700 or so days since he was arrested?
I don't think al Qaeda cares about him one pico-iotta. Remember the tape of bin Laden [link|http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,619480,00.html|laughing] about his guys on the planes?
Life in prison is probably the best punishment for him, IMHO.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #252,163
4/14/06 8:07:55 AM
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I don't know if it's happened in the US..
I seem to recall something like that happening in Italy or Spain but I don't recall details. I tend to doubt that his buddies care much either. It was just a thought.
I don't have any strong feeling about the sentence as long as it keeps him from continuing his preoccupation of trying to make US citizens go away in a flash. Prison works, as does execution. I don't think there is any practical deterrence for fanatic whackjobs so that really isn't an issue.
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Post #252,116
4/13/06 7:24:55 PM
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no virgins for you lad.... just meat
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Post #252,118
4/13/06 7:48:32 PM
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Make him work for Falwell for the rest of his life
That ought to be a suitable punishment!
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Post #252,120
4/13/06 8:04:44 PM
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OT: You forgot the second half of you sig
It should read: Stop looking at my signature!
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Post #252,122
4/13/06 8:15:04 PM
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I got a better one!
Stop looking at my signature! My boobs are up there ^
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Post #252,123
4/13/06 8:19:51 PM
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You have no idea how often I get this.
I have hearing problems. I sometimes lipread. I'm already tall...
You do the math.
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Post #252,128
4/13/06 8:29:03 PM
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LMAO
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Post #252,246
4/14/06 5:09:58 PM
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Send him to work on the pig farm
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