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Comment on A Lonely Walk Down Death Row by Ian

Ian — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:06:00 +0000

I don’t have a fundamental objection to the death penalty. I think there are crimes so evil that the criminal deserves to be deprived of his/her life. I’m hesistant to limit appeal rights … if someone’s life is at stake they should be able to fight as hard as they can for it. I also have concerns that there are too many instances I’ve read of where innocent people have been sentenced to death, mainly through flaws in the police investigations or the court processes. At least appeal rights give the accused the opportunity to correct any errors - hopefully they would strike competent lawyers or judges at some level of the process.

I do agree though that the appeals processes need to be sped up. Can’t see why any court trials should take years to even get off the ground.

Comment on The Dumbest Generation? by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 May 2008 01:29:32 +0000

Amanda Roberts, I believe your opinion is a bit dangerous. When you say why not let dates go, just look it up, next you’ll be saying let math go, we’ll use a calculator or let english go, we’ll search the internet, let science go, we’ll search the internet again, or maybe why not everything except basic computer surfing go since we can just look it up on our computer.

Comment on Baby News – Vietnam and Milk by Word Scrawl » Health: Vaccines and Adoptions

Word Scrawl » Health: Vaccines and Adoptions — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:20:54 +0000

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Comment on OMG It’s Miley! by Word Scrawl » Dance – Scorpions and Pens

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Comment on Polygamy by Amanda Roberts

Amanda Roberts — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:48:40 +0000

SHolland, thank you for brining that up. Other industrialized countries (Canada for instance)honors polygamous marriages that were preformed in other countries, even down to health benefits.

Once again, Canada beats us in open mindedness.

Comment on Polygamy by SHolland

SHolland — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:46:43 +0000

Remo - the argument that ‘the laws won’t allow people to be polygamists’ is faulty. Just because something is law doesn’t make it a just law. Look at the overturned laws against sodomy, which were designed to make homosexuality illegal. There are also laws in Britain against S&M that make the consenting masochist an accessory to their own ‘assault’, when neither party wants to press charges and no one has actually been assaulted.

The really crazy thing in our society is that we’ve been programmed to believe that if we are in a relationship and fall in love with another, we only have three options:

1) Leave the first partner and pursue ‘true love’ with the second… essentially throwing away whatever was good about the first relationship.

2) Ignore feeling for the second partner and spend the rest of your life wondering… throwing away whatever was good about the second relationship.

3) Have an affair where the first partner has no knowledge of the second partner… throwing away honesty and self-respect.

No thought is given to the possibility that humans have the capacity to genuinely love more than one person at a time and conduct those relationships in a responsible, honest manner. Many monogamous marriages end because of infidelity. I wonder how many marriages would not end if there weren’t such a stigma against multiple committed intimate partners.

Comment on Polygamy by Amanda Roberts

Amanda Roberts — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:00:11 +0000

Remo… That thinking could lead to some seriously crazy marriages.

Arachne, I agree with you. The problem is too many times people associate things that are otherwise unrelated because of one instance.

Comment on Polygamy by Arachne Jericho

Arachne Jericho — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:41:21 +0000

I think people tend to dislike polygamy because some of the bigger polygyny snafus were not made in the mutual interests of all parties involved. That, unfortunately, has colored the perception of polygamy.

I don’t think any moral justification is needed, as long as everyone involved is happy with the situation.

Comment on Polygamy by Remo

Remo — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:33:21 +0000

You do have valid points. But the laws won’t allow people to be polygamists. Marry someone like Sybil. Problem solved.

Comment on Money In Your Pocket by Word Scrawl » Money News – Stimulus Payment and Mexican Oil

Word Scrawl » Money News – Stimulus Payment and Mexican Oil — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:41:23 +0000

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