12 shot dead at 'Dark Knight Rises' screening in Aurora, Colorado

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Said it a million times, i'll say it again. Thank fuck our conservatives aren't brain dead like yours are.

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) said Friday that the shootings that took place in an Aurora, Colo. movie theater hours earlier were a result of "ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs" and questioned why nobody else in the theater had a gun to take down the shooter.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/...nt_top_art

We should not go there, these post are for letting emotion go. Most the conservatives will not agree with what he said, enough said, let's use this to express our emotions for those who are hurting.

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Agreed ... but giving the perp the death penalty is a step in the right direction.
(and before you all go ape shit on me ... what if it was your son or daughter that you never got to see again because this guy shot him/her in the head at a movie theater?)

Without spinning this into another divergent discussion on the ethics of the death penalty, I will say that I do not agree that this individual should be given the death penalty. Looking at it from the hypothetical point of view you provided, I would say the same thing; whether it's my own child or someone else's child, I would still not condone the state-sanctioned killing of any individual.

I do believe in the death penalty for certain crimes, but in this case i do not think that justice will be served for those who survived or the ones who have lost loved ones. This crime is so bad that this person should have to suffer in solitaire confinement for the rest of his life, he should have to suffer along the family and friends of all the victims. To me even this is not enough, but there is a limit that man can go to.