Mo2013 wrote:misterbigbits wrote:Just out of curiosity Mo what do you think should become of them ?
I don't know. If you execute them they will become martyrs. But if this country had the death penalty then they should receive the death penalty. What I am talking about is people delivering their own brand of justice which makes them no more civilised than raging extremists. It is interesting to see how little below surface lies barely controlled hatred and venom. So how civilised are we really ? I have been reading about Islam and some who go to extremes believe that they have a God-given right to carry out punishments, including beheading. We have to look to the Muslim community to prevent people from being radicalised and to deal with those who have gone haywire in their teachings.
Nobody is advocating torture or hatred for the murderers, but hatred for the actual deed. However, these "men" (and I do not express hatred towards them by saying that, but pointing out that men do not act like that) seem to think that it is acceptable to kill someone in that manner. If it was good enough for Lee to suffer in that way, then it is surely acceptable (in their own eyes) to suffer a similar death. Perhaps if that option was available to people like these, then perhaps more of them would think twice about committing the offence. Even you spoke about an eye for an eye. Lee did not know he was going to meet his end this way. If, as has been suggested, these two were sent out as human mine detectors, they wouldn't know when they'd meet their end. Poetic justice?
I agree it is a very difficult, and emotive topic, and I firmly believe in ultimate forgiveness, I also believe that you should take the consequences of your actions and that involves suffering any due penalty. As I said, if it was good enough to give, it's good enough to get.
