Bahu Virupaksha

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[quote]Perfect Point. Bahu, Taltamir just summed up why you got so much heat for this article. Perhaps if you had rephrased your objection, more would have agreed with you - or at least not disagreed so vehemently.[/quote] Frankly this heat did surprise me because nowhere I have implied that the gender wasd the issue. Ofcourse, I am still a firm believer in the the innocence of Ethel Rosenberg but not because she was a woman but because her brother framed her so that he could escape.

Reply to Barack Obama in India in Current Events JoeUser Forums

There was a factual error in my blog. Sorry. The Obama s were not accompanied by their daughters.

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[quote]OP: You seem to think that women aren't real people. That women are angels sent down from heaven to be awarded to righteous men to be used for child bearing and sex. Contrary to your misogynistic views, women are PEOPLE, fully capable of thought, invention, philosophy, and in this case, premeditated murder and being punished. Also, you seem to think that the USA executing a someone convicted of first degree murder (who is a woman) is the same as Iran murdering a woman for wearing makeu

Reply to Barack Obama in India in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]Steel was not outsourced - the manufacture of it was cheaper, so those countries ran the US companies out of the market. Nippon steel is not a subsidiary of Beth[/quote] That is the point. It is cheaper for the US corporations to outsource to India just as it was cgeaper to manufacture steel in Japan and Korea. Corporations and the economy is driven by profit and not politics and hence there is no alternative to outsourcing.

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[quote]Some companies are finding out outsourced call center aren't everything they hoped to be. Many issues have to be escalated because of communication barriers between the client and the agent.[/quote] Rather than saying that I do not understand outsourcing, I believe that my understanding is predicated upon the realities as they exist on the groundd, shorn of ideological blinkers. After world war II American steel industry was dismantled and shipped to Japan, Korea, and oth

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[quote] I guess it would have been nice if he would have said a word or two about the anniversary of the Ft Drum terror attack committed a year ago by caveman Major Nidal Hasan right here in America[/quote] [quote]I too am for good relations with India, but don't expect too much from the visit. US citizens are hostile to more outsourcing of jobs overse[/quote][ quote]Many of us hope Oblamea stays in India along with his mannish wife.[/quote] Michelle is a very charming

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I do not understand why such a fuss is made. I did not say that ececuting a woman was in a sense bad or barbaric. I have stated that the USS Court will take a call on the issue of the method of excecution and I have not ventured into that rather troublesome terrain. I have said and I maintain that the woman in question was not the one who did the actual shooting. The killer only got a life sentence whereas the woman was put to death even though she was only an accessory to the crime. There is

Barack Obama in India in Current Events JoeUser Forums

This afternoon Ari Force One touched down in Mumbai ariport bringing Michelle and President Obama and their two wonderful daughters to India. The Republican Administration of George Bush was quite sensitive to Indian demands particularly on the nuclear issue and right from the very first day of his Administration Obama has been taking a very firm and tough line against nuclear proliferation. It came as a huge relief to the Indians that the sanctions imposed aft

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I think there has been a mix up here. Angli-Saxon common law makes a clear distinction between homicide with intent and homicide without express intent. In most counties the intent behind the killing will be established in order to award the capital punishment. In only the Middle East you have a situation where any killing even a trffic related death is punished bydeath. The real reason for thsi is that in the West the State took on the role as the primary settler of scores whereas in t

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[quote] On this point, I can agree with Bahu that lawyers have well & truly screwed up our justice system. [/quote] Really memorable. This one of the rare occasions when you have agreed with a position that I have taken.

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[quote]Sorry, anyone that can have their husband and step-son shot for money needs to be out of society[/quote] [quote]If she was retarded, how was she legally able to be married? [/quote ][quote]These death row inmate who have subsequently been released probably disagree with the hastening of the process. I would also image that there were a number of people killed who deserved the process being more though[/quote] Thank you for such a detailed reply. It shows very ve

Reply to Civillian Casualities in Iraq in Surgery JoeUser Forums

Now even the American establishment has accepted that what I had written 6 years ago was the real picture.

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[quote]Even most children know right from wrong.[/quote] A judicial sentence is not mere moral posturing. No one doubts even for a moment that she did wrong and deserves to be punished. The question is the quantum of punishment. Did she deserve to die for being a mere accessory to the crime while the man who pulled the trigger escaped with a life sentence.

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[quote]Indeed, I am unaware of the "world wide" controversy surrounding the latest until Bahu decided he was spokesman for the world[/quote] I am just a historian earning, like little Tommy Tucker, by singing in a University for my supper. You have made me the spokesperson for the world-- I do get the sarcasm, but really I do have apoint when I say that Lewis was less guilty than the person who pulled the trigger. And her IQ level makes her a case fit for diminished responsiblity.

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[quote]It was barbaric to sentence a woman to be stoned to death, hence the vast international outcry. Which was massive compared to the comments about this case[/quote][quote]ers from 'diminished capacity' no matter their IQ . Ted Kaczynski comes to mind. I agree. That is part of my dilemma. I think that anyone who plans a murder (and therefore is hardly remorseful - except about being caught) has mental problems already.[/quote] The actualkiller got life i

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[quote]It was barbaric to sentence a woman to be stoned to death, hence the vast international outcry. Which was massive compared to the comments about this case [/quote][quote] And pretty damned arrogant of you to 1) presume to speak for the world, and 2) to believe that your uninformed opinion is more meaningful or valid than the fully informed opinions of 12 jurors.[/quote] On the issue of the state taking or arrogating to itself the right to taker life of a young, healthy

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[ quote]Wrong again. As dictated by law and SCOTUS rulings, the JURY found her guilty and sentenced (not awarded) her to death.[/quote][quote]for the first time. it was her second marriage.[/quote][quote]Wrong - she planned the hit, and hired them. That much is part of the court testimony and is not in dispute.[/quote] <span style="font-size: small; color: rgb(255, 153,

USA SHOCKS THE WORLD BY EXECUTING A WOMAN in Current Events JoeUser Forums

On September 23rd, 2010 a woman , was stretched out on a duree to have her arm punctured with a lethal cocktail of chemicals designed to stop a working, healthy heart. This scence that played itself out in Greensville Corectional Center sent shock waves across the world. For one, this incident put the USA in the same league as Iran, China and sundry other countries which routinely carry out executions and i<span styl

India and the Commonweatlth Games in Current Events JoeUser Forums

It is often said that India and China are rivals both in terms of economic power and soft power. While India has shown an impressive growth rate of 8.2 % per annum, its political class is under the delusion that it can rival China in organizational ability and projection of image. If China can host the Olympics and make a spectacular spectacle before the wohle world, India can host the Commonweath Games and earn some brownie points. Unlike Chinma, India does no

Reply to Tom DeLay and the American Right: What is Wrong in Politics Stardock Forums

On October 4, 2005 I had correctly predicted that Tom DeLay will not and cannot be procecuted. And I have been proven right once again.

Reply to Socialism Demonstrated in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote]Or maybe not. He wrote 2 novels about the evils of government, 1984 and my favorite, Animal Farm.[/quote] Mine too. But Orwell was writing about a Stalinist, Totalitarian state and its contrived politics of posturing and disimulation. I am not sure whether Obama has a socialist agenda.

Reply to The Mosque, Ground Zero, and the President in US Domestic Stardock Forums

[quote]Work stoppage is an option, but not a good one. Eventually some politician will get a court to order it.[/quote][quote]We'll end up loaning Israel several B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber and call it a day [/quote][quote]I have to ask you why? Why are you surprised? Could it be your perception of him as being so intelligent? And how could someone so smart make such mistakes[/quote] Yes, Obama is a gifted politician and is qiute smart as politicians go. You do not become the President o

The Mosque, Ground Zero, and the President in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

I am amazed at the alacrity with which President Barack Hussein Obama wades into controversies, stirs up debate and quietly retreats as if everything is back to normal. The mosque at Ground Zero, the site where the Twin Towers stood until that fateful day in September, is not one which is covered by the First Ammendment. The context in which freedom of religion was established in the US constitution was one that was esentially set within the limits of Christian

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Sorry about what happened. Something similar happened to Louis Gates not too far back.

Reply to WikiLeaks and the Aghan War in Current Events Stardock Forums

[quote]I am a bit surprised at you. Although your topics are usually left leaning, you normally do at least get the basic facts straight. You have failed in this case, and not even by a little, but by a whopping lot.[/quote] I am not at sure about this. I stand by my argument that the al-qaeda was formed as part of the mujahudeen trained and supplied and also groomed by the US at the time of the anti-Soviet resistance. The al-qaeda did not play a role in the first gulf war against Sadd