Cannibal gets EIGHT 1/2 years ?!?!?!?!?!?!??!
CANNIBAL
How can Germany call the American Death penalty barbaric?!?!? is it because they don't have the heart to get tough on absolutely barbaric crimes within their own bordres!?!?
What are they thinking?
(by the way, I am pretty much against the DP though)
How can Germany call the American Death penalty barbaric?!?!? is it because they don't have the heart to get tough on absolutely barbaric crimes within their own bordres!?!?
What are they thinking?
(by the way, I am pretty much against the DP though)
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Originally posted by pfflam
CANNIBAL
How can Germany call the American Death penalty barbaric?!?!? is it because they don't have the heart to get tough on absolutely barbaric crimes within their own bordres!?!?
What are they thinking?
(by the way, I am pretty much against the DP though)
He only get 8 years, because the others guy wanted to be kill.
Otherwise, i don't know to say about this. This story is a pity and a shame for humankind (for both the killer and the victim).
Suicide is illegal because 'we know not what we do'
If a person's life is ended by another person, no matter what the circumstances (except war) then it should be considered murder
and besides, the quote at the end of the article,
"If I hadn't been so stupid as to keep looking on the Internet, I would have taken my secret to the grave," Meiwes said in his closing statement.
shows that he really has no regrets
another shocking phrase he used:
"I had my big kick and I don't need to do it again,'' he said.
Come on!!!
Originally posted by pfflam
The idea that he 'wanted' to be killed is absurd.
Suicide is illegal because 'we know not what we do'
If a person's life is ended by another person, no matter what the circumstances (except war) then it should be considered murder
Er... suicide is *illegal*? Who the hell you gonna prosecute, a corpse?!?
Originally posted by Kickaha
Er... suicide is *illegal*? Who the hell you gonna prosecute, a corpse?!?
Suicide attempts are nominally considered against the law (at least last that I heard)
I think that it is hardly ever prosecuted though
Originally posted by pfflam
If a person's life is ended by another person, no matter what the circumstances (except war) then it should be considered murder
War is murder. Not by law?but by rational moral standards.
(Suicide *illegal*?!?!?
Originally posted by Kickaha
Because obviously law is rarely rational.
(Suicide *illegal*?!?!?
Yeah, anybody who will suceed suicide will be sentanced to death
Originally posted by pfflam
Suicide attempts are nominally considered against the law (at least last that I heard)
I think that it is hardly ever prosecuted though
the attempts, if discovered, are probably not prosecuted if the attemptor is put into an institution/asylum or in some kind of strong therapy course. i would hope the punishment for such a crime isn't jail, but therapy.
If a person's life is ended by another person, no matter what the circumstances (except war) then it should be considered murder
i am oft to agree with you on this point, but there are many of this nation which might define the yet unborn child as a person and yet have want for his demise. this opinion, while strongly held in a body's morality, doesn't fit that of the masses. it would be interesting though if we made all killing be murder, and the executioners themselves be punished to death, recursively. soon the whole world would be blind.
If a person's life is ended by another person, no matter what the circumstances (except war) then it should be considered murder
Absolutes are bad.
Originally posted by groverat
Absolutes are bad.
absolutely
how the hell can you prove someone wanted to die? and considering that that is not necessarily a normal state couldnt they still have gotten him for murder or does germany not have any protection of the mentally ill? Not that the us does but still.
Originally posted by segovius
In the UK suicide used to incur the death penalty.
Of course it wasn't often necessary but there were a few cases of failed attempts that were later punished by hanging.
Real bummer if you changed your mind after the first ****-up and realised how lucky you'd been.....
So basically if you want to commit suicide in England all you have to do is attempt to do it and then let the state finish you off.
Wouldn't a real punishment be to force attempted suicide persons to continue living?
Originally posted by MarcUK
Suicide is illegal, because it is supposed to act as a deterrent to the act. You can argue the merits of that forever I guess.
Attempted suicide is illegal in some countries only because of our christian heritage (it is considered mortal sin). In more modern states with a cleaner separation between religion and states, it is not illegal but considered a souvereign decision of a free person.
Originally posted by pfflam
How can Germany call the American Death penalty barbaric?!?!?
Because it is? And please, where are the connections to this case?
is it because they don't have the heart to get tough on absolutely barbaric crimes within their own bordres!?!?
What are they thinking?
Well, over here, people can only be locked up if they committed a crime (maybe we need to learn from Gulagantanamo Bay).
Since the case in question is the first on record where the victim wanted to be slaughtered and eaten, there is no current law against eating human flesh (check out the criminal code in your country, chances are there is no law either).
The prosecutor tried the guy for murder, but that was bound to fail, because Email correspondence between cannibal and victim and a videotape clearly showed that the victim came with the intent to be killed and eaten. So, the only options were killing by request and manslaughter.
Originally posted by pfflam
If a person's life is ended by another person, no matter what the circumstances (except war) then it should be considered murder
If there are exceptions, then there are exceptions.