US faces European ban over death penalty

UPI ^ | 2/22/2002 | Chris White

[a_Turk]

Insulent weenies!

[Dan from Michigan]

Dan to Europe : Who cares what you think?

For the record, I'm opposed to the death penalty on the federal level(outside treason) and think each state should decide on its own.

[McGavin999]

Oh wow, that would be tough to take :o) Do these people really think we care? They bash us no matter what we do so we might as well do what we want. If it wasn't for them harboring and coddling terrorists this would be a much safer world.

[NativeNewYorker]

In a statement Thursday from its headquarters in Strasbourg, France, the council said adoption of the protocol "is a strong political signal the death penalty is unacceptable in all circumstances."

When the Religion of Peace followers start overwhelming Europe from the inside, as is now starting, I will giggle louder for having read this.

[rvoitier]

Council of Europe?! Who cares?

Let's see who they crawl to when they need their asses saved or need money.

[dighton]

possible exclusion from the Council of Europe

If that's meant to hurt, why am I laughing?

[FreeperinRATcage]

The Council of Europe, established in 1949, describes itself as "the guardian of democratic security, founded on human rights, democracy and the rule of law."

When the towelheads whack a European target next, just wave this statement at the Euro-trash that wants US help to get the bad guys.

[unamused]

Nuke 'Em...

[mdittmar]

Protocol 13 leaves America increasingly isolated

Let us withdraw all funding,military support etc.from these countries and see who feels isolated.

[wretchard]

Since September 11, a kind of polarization has spontaneously taken place. The cocktail party politeness has collapsed and people all over the world are nailing their colors to the mast.

This is fundamentally good, because it means that the infiltration tactics of the Left are largely at an end and the warfare is now open. The sappers in the wire have tripped the flare and the night's false peace has been broken.

In the struggle against the Left, patriotic Americans have one utterly reliable ally: militant Islam. The Islamists will supply, in whatever quantity is required, the atrocities which will belie the Liberal falsehood. Religion of Peace? Peace Loving Nations? Worker's Paradise? These frauds will be exploded seriatim by their own acts.

The Left has made the fundamental mistake of yoking their political cause to the single most disgusting political movement -- radical Islam -- on the planet. Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.

[Shermy]

The elitist Eurocrats are going full bore with their reflexive anti-Americanism. Just trying to punish us in their petty ways because we won't, in their view, bow to their hangups.

[Orual]

possible exclusion from the Council of Europe

I'm using this to soak up my tears.

[marajade]

If each state was allowed to decide whether or not the death penalty was legal the crime in those states where it wasn't would dramatically rise.

[a_Turk]

ping

[aculeus]

When is Belgium going to outlaw child-rape?

[knighthawk]

They bash at the US to divert attention to the way they flushed Europe down the drain with the moral decay they created.

[okie01]

"If each state was allowed to decide whether or not the death penalty was legal the crime in those states where it wasn't would dramatically rise."

Uh, each state has already been allowed to decide whether or not the death penalty is legal. Some got it. Some don't.

And no pansy-ass "43 member countries from the European continent" are going to tell Texas how to run its justice system.

[a_Turk]

When is Belgium going to outlaw child-rape?

Good f'n question, and it's not just Belgium. I was in Kopenhagen a while back and, having been foreign to adult bookstores back in them days, decided to check one out. I almost puked when I saw the kids section. RAAAALF!

[Shermy]

Interesting points. But since good police work is stopping, seemingly, some terror, they will continue to ignore it. For example, the recent arrests in Italy should raise shock, but they seem to be ignored.

[marajade]

So tell me in which state is the death penalty illegal?