NC couple face murder in death of son tied to tree

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

somebody should have introduced the concept of "grounding your child" to this couple..

poor kid.. i can only imagine what he was thinking/feeling during his "punishment"

Actually, this couple should be chained to a flagpole during a thunderstorm (since you opened the subject of "grounding"....)

Perhaps they should be judged in a court of law and sent to prison. Though NC has the death penalty I believe - so I suppose that will make some people happy.

Aww lookit you pokin the pro Death Penalty crowd for another 'round the mulberry bush' convo...

Not really - as I've said numerous times before in threads of this nature - however heinous or horrible a crime may be (and this is) - nothing is really served by buying into sadism.

[Fandango 1,439]

I don't know. Do these parents deserve the death penalty, assuming anyone does?

I'm going to say 'no' based on what little we all know....

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I don't know. Do these parents deserve the death penalty, assuming anyone does?

I'm going to say 'no' based on what little we all know....

I'm leaning towards the belief they were negligent but didn't intend to kill the kid... so I would agree.

[Fandango 1,439]

I don't know. Do these parents deserve the death penalty, assuming anyone does?

I'm going to say 'no' based on what little we all know....

I'm leaning towards the belief they were negligent but didn't intend to kill the kid... so I would agree.

Agreed. But 'negligence' doesn't even cover the astounding stupidity of what they did...

[Saddle Bronc 124]

NC does have the death penalty but I think it's been put "on hold" for now while state congress reviews it.

Besides, the death penalty is too quick and easy for the adults who did it. What's that old Chinese saying? "Do unto others what you would want others to do unto you". So, perhaps they should be tied to a tree for a period of time proportionate to their age (vis-a-vis that of the child). :rant:

Which was the source of my suggestion of chaining them to a flagpole during a thunderstorm.

[nana_356 0]

This is sick, how sad!!

[Alhamdulillah 0]

somebody should have introduced the concept of "grounding your child" to this couple..

poor kid.. i can only imagine what he was thinking/feeling during his "punishment"

Actually, this couple should be chained to a flagpole during a thunderstorm (since you opened the subject of "grounding"....)

I was thinking they should be subjected to the exact same type of punishment as they inflicted on their child....

[Sister Fracas 5]

I know I'll be unpopular for this opinion, but as a society, how are we better than a criminal when we suggest doing the same thing to a criminal that they did to their victim? To me, that's going backwards in a society's evolution.

*flame retardant suit on*

Edited June 16, 2008 by Sister Fracas

[Ban Hammer 13,347]

I know I'll be unpopular for this opinion, but as a society, how are we better than a criminal when we suggest doing the same thing to a criminal that they did to their victim? To me, that's going backwards in a society's evolution.

*flame retardant suit on*

dumps gas on fracas.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Adds K-Na mixture to chuck's gasoline--to make it effective Greek Fire (which will not be put out with water).

[Sister Fracas 5]

ah, yes, right on schedule. Thanks for playing, your prize is in the mail.

[Ban Hammer 13,347]

ah, yes, right on schedule. Thanks for playing, your prize is in the mail.

[Peikko 1,575]

I know I'll be unpopular for this opinion, but as a society, how are we better than a criminal when we suggest doing the same thing to a criminal that they did to their victim? To me, that's going backwards in a society's evolution.

*flame retardant suit on*

I agree with you. Bear in mind, the adults believed the child had committed some misdemeanor that warrented an extreme punishment themselves these calls for 'like for like' punishments seem to exhibit not one iota of learning from this extremely sad story.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I know I'll be unpopular for this opinion, but as a society, how are we better than a criminal when we suggest doing the same thing to a criminal that they did to their victim? To me, that's going backwards in a society's evolution.

*flame retardant suit on*

I think it hails back to an older, simpler time when people used to set fire to perfectly good women because they weighed less than a duck, and therefore had magical powers.

I think pitchforks and torches were involved somehow