re: Does anyone care that it took this piece of crap 2 hrs to die?

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"Small government conservatives" love giving the government ultimate power almost as much as they love accusing liberals of being "overly emotional" while the small government conservatives are wishing this "piece of shite" suffered more because apparently appeals to vengeance and rage aren't appeals to emotion.

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BOOONNNNKK! Dead wrong. While there may be emotional-based screams for retribution...the real issue is utilitarian, and a matter of Justice.

And I don't refer to Justice for PAST victims, but for FUTURE innocents who will be spared because we don't step up, make sausage, and scare the devil out of those who contemplate such crimes.

I challenge anybody to refute the fact that if punishment truly was swiftly recompensed according to the suffering inflicted upon individuals/victims of the crime...that heinous crime would go way down. I've often stated that I could take a feedsack of cottonmouth moccasins and knock the bottom out of crime stats. Fear...works.

So...here's the issue. Who wants to be *merciful* to the perpetrators of heinous crime/criminals...and thereby DAMN future victims to heinous crime? Restrict deterrence...enable injustice/suffering. Step up...and bear your high-minded/misguided complicity. (But for principled Religious stands. Wherein, if one can't stand the heat, state your principled stand...then leave the kitchen).