Is Arkansas trying to show the world that the death penalty is an unworkable disaster? Or are they actually this bloody incompetent? Undoubtedly the second, but let's put on our hazmat suits for a deep dive into this week's shitpile at the Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC).
Umm, well... there's this commandment that goes "THOU SHALL NOT KILL" but umm, I guess it's ok for war and executions. I'm sure your local southern preacher could explain it. (I don't even believe in God anymore & I'm against the death penalty.)
Thats the whole part of the "Turn the other cheek" verse. Its a reputaion of "Eye for a Eye" from the Old Testment. Jesus also stopped a execution, the whole "He is who without sin cast the first stone" was him stopping that. Of course, the South managed to justify slavery with the Bible...
Feminist, forgive me. I am an editor and therefore constitutionally unable to stop myself from editing. To be loath to do something is to be extremely averse to doing it. To loathe is to hate, detest, etc. The th in loath is not voiced. The th in loathe is. If that was just a simple typo, I apologize.
More importantly, the government isn't even competent to convict the right people. There have been nearly 200 death row exonerations, and that pace has accelerated with the advent of DNA testing. Some years back, the governor of Illinois slapped a moratorium on the death penalty after 9 of 12 death row inmates there were exonerated. NINE of TWELVE. I am not very bothered by the concept of executing the human garbage that commits unspeakable crimes, but I am greatly bothered by the very good chance that the guy who has been declaring his innocence all the way to the gurney is actually telling the truth. Any death penalty supporter is morally obligated to consider that sizable chance, and to ask him or her self, "How many innocent people executed wrongly is too many for me?" My own answer is 1.
Oh please. I edited newspaper copy for 30 years, and I'm here to tell you that Americans are some of the least literate beings on the planet, even the smart ones, including what we on the desk referred to as SVRs -- Seasoned, Veteran Reporters. If you want to undercut a perfectly fine tale of an incompetent cashier on the basis of Would Of, start looking around at many of the fine snarkers here on this site, including the people who write for it. Even editors need editors, and the fact that editing as a skill and a calling is dying in this country is a national tragedy.
I appreciate your reply. In the workaday world, however, where time is money, chatting, which is what was described, for 20 minutes for a retail transaction is the fault of the cashier, and is unprofessional. The cashier's defensive attitude upon being called on it also is unprofessional. I see no sin of commission on the part of the narrator, whose pique, which presumably was shared by others in line, is entirely understandable to me. And you have my deepest sympathy for your darkest hours of grading papers. At least my reporters over the years were mostly English or journalism majors and had had some training in the art of writing, although I've had to teach a person with a master's in journalism how to cover city council and county board meetings.
I had to look that up; the big problem here in New England is heroin. What an awful thing - "no tweakers". :(
Umm, well... there's this commandment that goes "THOU SHALL NOT KILL" but umm, I guess it's ok for war and executions. I'm sure your local southern preacher could explain it. (I don't even believe in God anymore & I'm against the death penalty.)
Thats the whole part of the "Turn the other cheek" verse. Its a reputaion of "Eye for a Eye" from the Old Testment. Jesus also stopped a execution, the whole "He is who without sin cast the first stone" was him stopping that. Of course, the South managed to justify slavery with the Bible...
These new completely incompetent Republicans seem to be easier to deal with but require more blood pressure medication afterwards.
Feminist, forgive me. I am an editor and therefore constitutionally unable to stop myself from editing. To be loath to do something is to be extremely averse to doing it. To loathe is to hate, detest, etc. The th in loath is not voiced. The th in loathe is. If that was just a simple typo, I apologize.
Execution is the viagra of all true conservatives.
More importantly, the government isn't even competent to convict the right people. There have been nearly 200 death row exonerations, and that pace has accelerated with the advent of DNA testing. Some years back, the governor of Illinois slapped a moratorium on the death penalty after 9 of 12 death row inmates there were exonerated. NINE of TWELVE. I am not very bothered by the concept of executing the human garbage that commits unspeakable crimes, but I am greatly bothered by the very good chance that the guy who has been declaring his innocence all the way to the gurney is actually telling the truth. Any death penalty supporter is morally obligated to consider that sizable chance, and to ask him or her self, "How many innocent people executed wrongly is too many for me?" My own answer is 1.
A lot of nodders.
You are right! I will amend and hang my head in shame.
Oh please. I edited newspaper copy for 30 years, and I'm here to tell you that Americans are some of the least literate beings on the planet, even the smart ones, including what we on the desk referred to as SVRs -- Seasoned, Veteran Reporters. If you want to undercut a perfectly fine tale of an incompetent cashier on the basis of Would Of, start looking around at many of the fine snarkers here on this site, including the people who write for it. Even editors need editors, and the fact that editing as a skill and a calling is dying in this country is a national tragedy.
I agree, because the state gets it wrong.
That was pretty RRRUFF.
I appreciate your reply. In the workaday world, however, where time is money, chatting, which is what was described, for 20 minutes for a retail transaction is the fault of the cashier, and is unprofessional. The cashier's defensive attitude upon being called on it also is unprofessional. I see no sin of commission on the part of the narrator, whose pique, which presumably was shared by others in line, is entirely understandable to me. And you have my deepest sympathy for your darkest hours of grading papers. At least my reporters over the years were mostly English or journalism majors and had had some training in the art of writing, although I've had to teach a person with a master's in journalism how to cover city council and county board meetings.
I'm surprised he hasn't tried to outsource the job to China.
Rotarians?? the "let's eradicate polio! we are sooo close! polio sucks." Rotarians? Ha!
Who do you bill when you've killed the whole family?