A political statement can be one of respect as the flowers were for Diane. She was much loved around the world.
Statements don't have to be negative. And there were statements on the cards and flowers that blamed the paparazzi for her early demise. It was still a time to make a political statement - for the good.
Not only terrorists used them as a time to spread their propaganda - it seems to be the "news" opportunity to send a message to the world at large.
Everyone has an agenda.
"Reading history is one thing, but understanding it is another." - and just what is that supposed to mean?
I didn't say I thought it was a perfect place to stage a political statement.
I just read a lot and history has many examples of political statements being made at funerals. Look at the laying of all the flowers on Prince Diane's gate. When emotions are high with grief and it has been a way for the mobs to act out, to express themselves about the situation that brought on the death of the person.
Media attention is on a funeral event is an opportunity that people just take.
Its not my opinion as to the right or wrong thing to do. If your ethical values say that the end justifies the means or that as long as the end result is in good out weighs the method used to get there.....
I am only making the comments because I see that other posted in other threads that they got banned.
I don't understand what you mean about cyberbullying?
This particular thread and others like these are denigrating women, folks' ethnicity and other types of bias, so one does have to stand up and say "it is not ok to incite and divide peeps through bias commentary......
Funerals are a perfect place to "stage" a political statement. What do you think happens over in the middle east?
So if the NYPD blue make a statement and it's a no go vote from you, what did you think about the football players who made a statement about the police excessive force policies?
Just when should someone make a political statement? When the media attention is focusing on this matter?
All fingers are not the same. This is a Persian expression meaning that all of our 5 fingers in one hand have different size, shape and orientation and all of them are unique. But all these discrepancies make hands the crucial part of the body with the highest performance.
Both of you have gotten into the specific cases that "muddy the waters" so to speak.
It is not about becoming the judge and jury in individual examples but about a general concept that the death penalty can be imposed and useful in cases of (insert the general case)
The judge and jury will impose the sentence. the prosecutors or state are the ones that say x case is a death penalty case .....
and on this particular for example in Florida there are minimum mandatory sentencing guidelines - for trafficking in drugs - so, are you saying that there should be mandatory sentences. Of course this is after a trial because before a trial often a case is offered lessor sentences to plead guilty.
and now that corporations in America are considered individuals - how do you sentence the entire board of directors who through their greed deliberately cause an explosion - should they all get a life sentence?
I think the debate has slipped a little off course, because we are asking to make a value judgement on individual cases - when it is up to the legal systems in our respective countries that make the judgement of who and how and why someone is sentenced to death
The real question is should under the standard judicial process be a place for imposing the death penalty. Not on a case by case basis but on the matter of law - I mean if the individual state says that only cases in which the person kills in a depraved manner or what ever is the standard, and after a death sentence trial with a full jury and then the aggravating and mitigating phase to determine if the death penalty is imposed.
Which is why it takes 10 to 12 years and is very expensive....
Should the death penalty be an option for the individual states and country?
It is not asking us to be judge and jury - but to step above the cases and make a general statement about a country or state's right to impose death?
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I'm just here to get banned.
took a liberty from a cut and paste article.
RE: hooligans in uniform!!
A political statement can be one of respect as the flowers were for Diane. She was much loved around the world.Statements don't have to be negative. And there were statements on the cards and flowers that blamed the paparazzi for her early demise. It was still a time to make a political statement - for the good.
Not only terrorists used them as a time to spread their propaganda - it seems to be the "news" opportunity to send a message to the world at large.
Everyone has an agenda.
"Reading history is one thing, but understanding it is another." - and just what is that supposed to mean?