Bummer of a Birthday

11 Responses to “Bummer of a Birthday”

1. Kipper (Cardinal Martini) Says:
   January 16th, 2006 at 7:28 pm

   I can’t believe I didn’t notice that before. Funny.

2. Kevin Murphy Says:
   January 17th, 2006 at 1:17 am

   better dead. better dead sooner. Here is an example of 3 innocent people put to death by the LACK of capital punishment. Three concrete individuals who would have lived if this bastard had been executed for the first crime quickly.

3. See-Dubya Says:
   January 17th, 2006 at 10:58 am

   I would have thought the anti-Terri crowd would have turned out to see this guy put down. After all, his quality of life was impaired.

4. Xrlq Says:
   January 17th, 2006 at 12:08 pm

   Good point. Then again, unlike Terri, this guy actually said it was a good day to die, which is more than Terri ever said to evidence an intent to die - at least, more than she ever said to anyone whose last name isn’t Schiavo.

5. See-Dubya Says:
   January 17th, 2006 at 10:28 pm

   Reports of Mr. Allen’s frailty were a bit exaggerated: http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/01/17/allen.death.ap/index.html

   Tookie was a weightlifter and he didn’t take two doses.

6. Kevin Murphy Says:
   January 17th, 2006 at 11:14 pm

   I actually had a liberal at work suggest that this was a mercy to him. I replied that it was unfortunate we couldn’t work him to death breaking rocks anymore.

7. Phil Says:
   January 25th, 2006 at 7:44 pm

   This is an interesting insight on the death penalty mentality - I’m sure this news will make xrlq happy:

   http://www.benedictionblogson.com/?p=2141

8. Xrlq Says:
   January 25th, 2006 at 8:24 pm

   Sorry, Phil, I’m at a loss: what about this post is supposed to make me happy? The fact that this allegedly old and frail inmate needed two doses to die, or the fact that the State of California would have taken heroic measures to ensure he stayed alive long enough for them to kill him? I’m a sucker for irony, so both of these facts make me smirk just a little bit, but neither of them really makes me happy. The only thing that makes me happy is that at along last, the seven surviving witnesses from his original murder can finally rest easy knowing they won’t be next.

9. Phil Says:
   January 25th, 2006 at 10:43 pm

   What I suspected would make you happy is that, according to the last part of the article, the death penalty apparently is dealing out massive amounts of unnecessary suffering on the part of those being executed, and hiding their suffering by paralyzing them first. Given your generally expressed glee on this site at the suffering of those you despise, I suspected you’d be overjoyed at this.

10. Xrlq Says:
    January 25th, 2006 at 11:25 pm

    No, although again worthy of a minor irony-smirk, given the history of lethal injections.

11. The Angry Clam Says:
    January 27th, 2006 at 11:27 am

    Vengeance is Justice.

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