Andrea Yates-It is about time for you to die!

[RyanH]

everybody is not a perfect shot in the dark.
let me ask another way.
if a man was holding a gun to your future sons head and was about to pull the trigger and your standing 10 feet away with a gun, what would you do?

If the gun was to the person's head, that's a different story. You should shoot to kill, to defend yourself. But many people kill others over trivial shit like road rage, unarmed robbery, etc.

Warik is trying to simplify death in its barest terms, as though its a 1-2-3 procedure you go through. Death is complex and the decision to kill another should be as equally complex.

 

[spongebob]

If the gun was to the person's head, that's a different story. You should shoot to kill, to defend yourself.

then think of her death in the gas chamber as a delayed response!

 

[thebabydoc]

Uh, I would put a white defendant to death just as fast as a black defendant to death. Seeing as how lots of you think I'm some kind of racist, that should be pretty convincing testimony to show that there is no racial bias in our justice system.

Me too!!

As a matter of fact, the fact that "society is to blame" and "the inherent racism of the system" has been so drilled into white America's head (the same America that elected Clinton TWICE and, sorry to say, would probably have done it a third time) that at this point in time one could easily make the argument that, all other things being equal, a jury would be MORE likely to put a white man to death.

 

[thebabydoc]

Self-defense, but even then you should use proportional force...For example, if someone breaks in your home, just shoot him in the leg...Why do you need to kill him or her?

That's too easy!!!

To mitigate/ avoid a law suit

 

[RyanH]

I will be giving to the Ms. Yates defense fund.

I'm more convinced than ever, after reading some more on the issues of post-pardum depression that she needs psychiatric help not the electric chair.

 

[spongebob]

I will be giving to the Ms. Yates defense fund.

I'm more convinced than ever, after reading some more on the issues of post-pardum depression that she needs psychiatric help not the electric chair.

jeezus, have you ever met ms yates? did you have lunch with her? you know nonthing about her. your going to send money to her based on something you've read. hey i'll neglect my wife for a few weeks, will you send her some money?

 

[BO-CEPHUS]

I will be giving to the Ms. Yates defense fund.

I'm more convinced than ever, after reading some more on the issues of post-pardum depression that she needs psychiatric help not the electric chair.

All I can do is laugh. Bwhahhahaha

There are no words to describe what you have posted above.

And people wonder why....

 

[HelenSL]

Any good attorney for Mrs. Yates will turn this into a trial about her HUSBAND and his neglect in not ensuring that his wife's biological depression was being taken care of. For example, her husband forced her to home-school all five children, he forced her to stay at home and look after the household, and he was well aware of her depression, and DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO HELP Mrs. Yates.

The days of not holding insensitive husbands partly accountable for ignoring their wife's needs are long gone. Mr. Yates had a marital contract which he did not fulfill with Mrs. Yates----his obligation was to "have and to hold' her. Instead he "ignored and let" her go.

True, he did not directly kill the children, but he certainly was a contributing factor in the deaths of these 5 innocent children.

Until we begin to understand many of the illnesses that women go through as mothers and spouses or just biologically, we will never cure unfortunate incidents such as this one.

The only way to cure the problem is to attack its roots, not to punish it for existing.

Ryan.

Ryan, I think what you said makes a lot of sense; but I don't think her husband could have known...could he? He probably should have helped more but more than him I blame her doctors...what were they thinking??? She had been hospitalized before for depression...if they'd done a good job why was she all those things you said - alone, 5 kids (and a sick Dad recently, but he had died by then...)...why was she not calling THEM...they must have been USELESS

I HATE THE PSYCHIATRIC PROFESSION

<AHEM>

Possibly I am not very objective due to personal frustrations...

Yeah, really good comments (imo) except you didn't blame the doctors as well

love
Helen

 

[Drizzt]

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Ryan I hope you say these moronic things you do simply to get a rise out of the better half of the board. If you actually beleive in and stand for what you usually post I am disgusted and appauled that you are roaming free in soceity because you are a idiot man plain and simple. Your views are so out of touch with the real world its so suprising that its sad. You never listen 2 reason simply because you think you are always right, which since I have been lurking and posting here I have yet to see 1 yes thats ONE time that you have been right in anything you have said. Your bleeding heart democratic views are so media influnced and its so obvious you have no real world experience with anything you speak. How I wish we could put moderators on ignore. Hey George here is a thought how about we can't ignore any moderator but we are free to ignore RyanH and his stupid ass views on everything under the sun??

Drizz