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Amaya wrote:So, is she going to get away with being mentally ill? If not, I really wish we still had hanging, at least for infanticide.
I think hanging is actually still legal in some states, but hasn't been used for a good while. If done properly, hanging is actually a relatively quick, humane way to execute somebody. I'm not sure why it would be a more appropriate method of execution than any of the other legal methods for any other crime that might warrant the death penalty.
I know hanging is still used in military executions, but I have no idea about state executions. I know some states allow the condemned to choose their method of execution.
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Hey look, another story sensationalized and shat out on to the ignorant public!
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Melissia wrote:Hey look, another story sensationalized and shat out on to the ignorant public!
Wow, someone wrote an opinion piece for a news outlet. Who will protect the public?! Again, I'm not sure what the big deal is. Every news everywhere publishes editorials and opinion pieces, and it's pretty obvious that's what this is.
Melissia wrote:Hey look, another story sensationalized and shat out on to the ignorant public!
Wow, someone wrote an opinion piece for a news outlet. Who will protect the public?! Again, I'm not sure what the big deal is. Every news everywhere publishes editorials and opinion pieces, and it's pretty obvious that's what this is.
Methinks there may have been a layer of sarcasm missed here, although I could well be wrong; Mel's an enigma
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Stories like this is why the ruling governments of this earth should institute some sort of parent certification course, with a tests and evaluations.
That way you need to get licensed before becoming a parent.
It would help reduce incidents like this. (Pipe dream utopia, I know, but I can dream!)
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I'm certain the mother did not intend to harm the child, it's not like she stabbed the poor little thing. Her life sentence is the fact that she killed her own baby.
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feeder wrote:I'm certain the mother did not intend to harm the child, it's not like she stabbed the poor little thing. Her life sentence is the fact that she killed her own baby.
This. There are a multitude of factors which could have resulted in her accidentally killing her own baby as has been already mentioned. Calling for a life sentence is needlessly draconian.
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The prefect example of someone missing the point.
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Corpsesarefun wrote:I'm really not getting why saying "it's an opinion piece" makes this any better, it's still sensationalist and it still presents itself as news.
How does it present itself as news any more than any other opinion piece that gets printed in a newspaper or on a website?
Corpsesarefun wrote:I'm really not getting why saying "it's an opinion piece" makes this any better, it's still sensationalist and it still presents itself as news.
How does it present itself as news any more than any other opinion piece that gets printed in a newspaper or on a website?
Lack of a first person voice until the last sentence; news style headline rather than clear op-ed piece.
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DeathReaper wrote:Stories like this is why the ruling governments of this earth should institute some sort of parent certification course, with a tests and evaluations.
That way you need to get licensed before becoming a parent.
It would help reduce incidents like this. (Pipe dream utopia, I know, but I can dream!)
Post Pardem Depression happens after you give birth.
The license wouldn't have helped at all.
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Hordini wrote:
How does it present itself as news any more than any other opinion piece that gets printed in a newspaper or on a website?
I agree that the criticism of the article as news is off base. After all, there's plenty of room to criticize the article as an opinion piece, because as they go this one is pretty damn bad.
Granted, its meant to generate ad revenue by being provocative, not serve as high quality journalism.
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dogma wrote:Granted, its meant to generate ad revenue by being provocative, not serve as high quality journalism.
Isn't that what I said?
The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
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DeathReaper wrote:Stories like this is why the ruling governments of this earth should institute some sort of parent certification course, with a tests and evaluations.
That way you need to get licensed before becoming a parent.
It would help reduce incidents like this. (Pipe dream utopia, I know, but I can dream!)
Post Pardem Depression happens after you give birth.
The license wouldn't have helped at all.
That is where the evaluations come in.
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