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Michael Adebolajo has been ordered to spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich, south-east London.
Adebolajo, 29, and Michael Adebowale, 22, drove into Fusilier Rigby with a car before hacking him to death in May last year.
Adebolajo was given a whole-life term; Adebowale was ordered to serve at least 45 years.
GrenadeHere's hoping a guard can be persuaded to turn the other way while real justice can be served on these animals.
Grenade
By advocating a suitable punishment for a brutal crime I am now tarred with the same brush as a religious extremist who murdered one of my fellow citizens?
Grenade
reply to post by SaturnFX
If you actually read the case, in the defendants own opinion he should be sentenced to death as a result of his actions.
I find it highly offensive that you have suggested i have anything in common with these men. Justifying murder in the name of God is the lowest form of human behavior.
I honestly believe these men deserve to die for their actions.
I honestly can't believe you are defending these two.
I say he got the perfect sentence. End of the day, once he is done praying, once he is done talking to friends and boosting himself up about what he did, he will stop and eventually reflect on his life and actions, and then someday in the future it will hit him what he has done. That day, any and all beatings man could inflict on him are nothing compared to what he may feel about himself. Or not, he may never come to that realization, he may forever think he was doing gods work and won't consider the greater impact, but beating him up or shooting him will only make him feel more like a warrior anyhow. Best to leave someone like that contained and alone...insult their "sacrifice" by just walling up and forgetting them. But yeah, never join monster mentality lest you become the monster yourself.
InhaleExhale
reply to post by Grenade
I find it highly offensive that you have suggested i have anything in common with these men. Justifying murder in the name of God is the lowest form of human behavior.
from your OP
I honestly believe these men deserve to die for their actions.
You want them die, they want you die.
How are you different?
You both are/were using your own interpretation of the laws you both abide by.
But you think your laws not harsh enough now and say how his laws which allow killing are low.
Grenade
I honestly can't believe you are defending these two. Especially when considering your beliefs with regard to violence. I can only assume you are Muslim?
SaturnFX
Grenade
I honestly can't believe you are defending these two. Especially when considering your beliefs with regard to violence. I can only assume you are Muslim?
I am not defending them, and no, not muslim. Ag-Atheist actually if we must use labels.
I am simply showing that if you see a monster, your not required to become one yourself to deal with them. Wishing harm on someone whom has done harm to teach them that doing harm is wrong is self defeating at best, and ultimately is not justice or civil protection, it is vengeance..vendettas settled and the like, which was their motivation also.
I think rising above the apes and locking them away while dismissing everything they stood for, everything they tried to accomplish, and basically forgetting their efforts is far more appropriate. Vengence and the like comes from someone whom controls your emotional state. Law shouldn't be about emotions, it should be cold hard facts and whatever the need is to protect society from criminals. Sometimes this is minimal, in the case of these monsters, walled up and ignored as anything special.
Al Capone because very depressed and died quickly in prison when he realized that guards and the like didn't care one way or another about him..just another number, another failed life. This was worse than if he was hated and sneered at / beaten daily. At least if someone is beating on you, you know you affected their person, you got under their skin, you accomplished something. dismissed is highly insulting, and also in this case, the appropriate response to murderers whom do so to show a point.
Life in prison, wither away into nothingness.
I couldn't care less about those two. I just don't like that people like them create more monsters by their actions than what we lock up. Vengeance grows and comes out in many ways, making the world a little bit crappier everytime someone holds onto it.
flammadraco
reply to post by 999zxcv
Hi 999, it actually costs on average £40,000 per prisoner per annum in the UK which equates to $66584.00.